Report card 2025
A new council was elected in October 2024. Now that a year has passed, let’s look back on who was elected, what scores we had given them, and how they performed for freedom, equality, social justice, responsibility, and a world of beauty.
Six of the nine councillors formed a voting bloc, and over the first year they have voted to:
- cancel the park outside Richmond Library
- narrow the Elizabeth Street bike lanes to bring back car parking
- cancel intersection treatments that were safer for people biking
In our opinion, Yarra is now governed by a backwards bloc who are reversing previous strategic direction, and previous gains made for a more beautiful, liveable, and accessible city, and it’s the wrong direction for an inner-city area that’s going to see a significant increase in its population.
Jan 31, 2026 08:27You can join our fight for walking, biking, trees, and place making. Subscribe to our newsletter, come along to our meetings, and introduce our group to others who might be interested.
New York City has a new Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who is committed to building better streets. If New York City can do it, we can too.
