"While the YTS (Yarra Transport Strategy) frames safety as important, it is largely positioned as an enabler of shifting people toward active transport options including walking, cycling and public transport. This disconnect reflects a broader policy challenge: whether safety should be pursued and prioritised as a universal goal applied equally across all transport modes, potentially as an alternative to the current program of targeted actions to support mode shift. In Yarra’s context, emphasising safety irrespective of mode could lead to different measures being undertaken, rather than the transformative changes needed to achieve meaningful mode shift such as reallocation of street space."
This is some seriously cooked nonsense from the agenda for the upcoming City Of Yarra council meeting.
