February 2026
Request to protect Strategic Cycling Corridor from degradation
Dear Minister Williams,
We note the following Victoria Planning Provision:
- 18.01-1S Protect existing and facilitate new walking and cycling access to public transport.
We note the Transport Integration Act vision statement, transport system objectives, and requirement:
- 64B (b) to manage…the road system…by seeking to increase the share of public transport, walking and cycling trips as a proportion of all transport trips.
And refer you to the agenda for the 10th February 2026 meeting of Yarra City Council, wherein it is proposed to degrade the existing bicycle lanes on Elizabeth Street, which form part of Melbourne’s Strategic Cycling Corridors. The agenda suggests that the plans have been ‘resolved’ and the project will now progress to tender.
We ask you to step in and halt the degradation of these lanes.
We suggest that one way to do this would be to publish statutory guidelines for the design of bicycle lanes along Strategic Cycling Corridors, such as by adopting The Cycling Guide, which is part of a set of Movement and Place Guides commissioned by the state government; and then require the City of Yarra to comply with those guidelines.
Yours sincerely,
Yarra Bicycle Users Group
Streets Alive Yarra
- https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-02/ordinary_council_meeting_agenda_-_tuesday_10_february_2026.pdf
- https://streets-alive-yarra.org/journal/movement-and-place-guides/
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