We continuously seek community feedback about on-street parking in our municipality, and specific neighbourhood engagement periods are just one element of our feedback collection. The following feedback relates to one specific engagement period for East Melbourne.

These changes won't be 'set and forget' - we will check in with the community annually to review the performance of the conditions and fine-tune them where necessary. Through this process, parking conditions may evolve over several years.

You can have your say any time on parking in your neighbourhood by completing the always on survey. The next review of your neighbourhood will use this data to inform future changes.

In 2023, the City of Melbourne introduced a Parking and Kerbside Management Plan that committed to regular reviews of the kerbside parking system based on proactive engagement in local areas and sharing the data that underpins decision-making.

Data was provided, and opinions were sought on the following topics:

• The allocation of space at the kerb between parking and other kerbside uses.
• Short-stay parking. Defined as bays with a stay limit ≤ 3P that support several arrivals across the day.
• Long-stay parking. Defined as bays with a stay limit ≥4P that support one or two arrivals per day.
• Off-street parking. Commercial parking facilities open to the public.
• Home-based vehicles including private vehicles stored off-street and at the kerb (under the permit system), as well as shared kerbside vehicles (car share).
• Enforcement of the rules of the parking system.

In East Melbourne, the cycle of regular reviews began with a round of engagement between July and August 2024. The engagement process included two workshops (attended by 27 people), 10 stakeholder interviews with local businesses, hospitals and the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC). We also surveyed over 80 people travelling to the MCG to watch the AFL across two weekends.

We heard from residents, visitors and businesses across East Melbourne. We spoke to local businesses and workers, hospitals, Melbourne Cricket Club and childcare centres.

• 27 residents attended three workshop sessions.
• 81 individuals were surveyed on games days at the MCG.
• 11 people submitted responses for East Melbourne in the Participate Melbourne survey.

The engagement activities highlighted four key focus themes; event parking, parking restrictions, enforcement and technology.

• Events at the MCG put pressure on parking in East Melbourne. Residents cannot find street parking during game days and do not want to leave the area and lose a park.
• The 1P time restriction makes it difficult for tradespeople, visitors and businesses.
• Residents are unsure if expanding paid parking would solve concerns, but they would consider it being implemented in places.
• Residents would like to see a dedicated area for pick-up and drop-offs for the MCG.

• Need for a dedicated space for pick-up and drop-offs.
• Tradespeople and businesses face limited parking options due to widespread 1P restrictions in the area. They would be willing to pay for parking if suitable options were available closer to their work sites.

Recommendations have been made to Council that include:

• Consistent controls across the neighbourhood
• Increased pick-up and drop-off areas to support events
• Advocate to key partners for transport and event parking policies.

We are designing proposed changes for East Melbourne parking that will be shared with the community for feedback before being rolled out in 2025.

We won’t set and forget the new conditions once works are complete; we'll give the community time to adjust and then review the functionality and performance of those changes annually. This will include a comprehensive review of how these changes are functioning mid-2026 at our first community check-in.

You can have your say any time on parking in your neighbourhood by completing the survey. The next review of your neighbourhood will use this data to inform future changes.