How good is modal filtering? We love it don’t we folks.

Cutla poles and small garden beds is all it takes to transform the character of a whole street.

All too rare in Australian neighbourhoods.

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It’s budget time again and we’re excited to deliver the completion of our 4-year Council Plan. Have your say by 20 May 2024 before we finalise and adopt the Annual Budget 2024-2025 and supporting financial documents on 24 June. Yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au

Corners were made for beautiful mixed use buildings

We can’t be afraid to take risks with design in new development. It can lead to some pretty remarkable outcomes!

This green vintage Holden, circa early 60’s, would have once been one of the bigger cars on our streets.
Not anymore - looks like a toy even amongst mid-sized vehicles, not even the clunkers on steroids constantly peddled in ads.
How about taxes related to vehicle size?

At 18, my academic advisor told me that “higher education might not be for you” as I struggled my 1st year at Uni. I was determined to prove him wrong. Yesterday, this first-generation, state-schooled student graduated from Cambridge with a PhD.

State school kids, you can do it!

We just became the first city in Australia to formally endorse the PlantBasedTreaty! #PlantBasedTreaty

I’m proud to have moved the initial motion to investigate this last year and to be Mayor while we formally endorsed. Hoping we see other cities follow!

Congrats City of Darebin!

Look what happens when we prohibit cars for *one* block on a Saturday.

People in LA are desperate for safe spaces to exist.

LA should have dozens of car free plazas to create experiences like this.

✅ good for business
✅ fun for kids
✅ great for community connection

This ❤️ #savethearts
Jeanette Winterson

Urban mobility can be complex. But a birds-eye view shows us that the math of optimal use of road space is remarkably simple! 41 x 🚴 > 9 x 🚗.

(📸 of Nørreport, #Copenhagen by Henrik Lundorf Nielsen)

The pragmatism of Dutch mobility policy is particularly palpable on holidays like King’s Day, where countless people pour into their urban centers for a national celebration.

If a significant portion of them arrived by automobile, there would be no places left in which to party.

This morning. See you all there.

Los Angeles voted 12-0 to ban new drilling and to close all 5,000 existing oil and gas wells in the city. This is a historic victory by STAND-LA and all citizens over the oil industry and environmental racism.

IT CAN BE DONE! Who's next?

#ActOnClimate #climate

“Getting to zero is impossible…”

It’s amazing how confidently some people just throw this out there. Don’t fall for it. These three cities got to zero by cutting speed limits, changing street design, and removing space for cars. It works. #VisionZero

Lovely to be in beautiful Gippsland this weekend for the ALGWA VIC state conference. I’m grateful that we have such an active women’s association. Thank you to Baw Baw Shire Council for hosting!

This important book is almost here! “The 15-Minute City” by Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne on his groundbreaking work in Paris with great Mayor Anne Hidalgo. Honoured to be on the back cover with Richard Florida, Maimunah Mohd Sharif of @UNHabitat, Mark Watts of @C40cities, etc. #UrbanismBookClub

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At the ANZAC Day dawn service at All Nations Park run by the Darebin RSL, I thought of all the City of Darebin residents who have served, and my Grandfather Kitchener Loughnan, who was a POW of Japan.

With so much going on in the world, today and all days I wish for peace.