The park is valued by a range of visitors, including residents, workers and tourists who enjoy the park in diverse ways, and travel to Royal Park using a variety of means.

What we heard in 2023

Community members who participated a survey during earlier consultation in 2023 raised mixed views about parking at Royal Park. Some participants reported parking is not applicable or important to them (noting many participants are nearby residents or use active transport to get to and from the park), or that they have no problems parking and there are adequate parking spaces.

In contrast, others reported parking is difficult and parking spaces are inadequate (noting some participants are members of sports clubs or use specific facilities such as Melbourne Zoo and the State Netball and Hockey Centre).

Mixed ideas were also reported regarding the provision of car parking looking to the future. Some participants proposed improving access to car parking and more parking while others proposed less, or no increase to, parking spaces and de-prioritising cars.

Aspirations and priorities

The draft Master Plan identifies several aspirations for how we improve parking, roads and transport for Royal Park:

  • Ensure transport will provide a net benefit to the park.
  • Support safe and equitable access for all transport modes.
  • Increase use of public transport to and from the park.
  • Minimise the impact of transport infrastructure within the park.
  • Ensure car parking provision and management will support the principles of the master plan.
  • Ensure transport infrastructure construction works will not take space from ovals, occupy recreation facilities or detrimentally impact everyday park use.

Several priority actions within the draft Master Plan that apply to the park as a whole will also help support improvements to parking, roads and transport associated with Royal Park:

  • Investigate converting existing car parking areas to a centrally managed car parking system with an efficient and organised footprint. If appropriate, develop a transition plan for changes.
  • Explore a 30-kilometre-per-hour speed zone for all streets through and around the park.
  • Reduce the extent of roads and car parking in the park where possible to recover land for park purposes.
  • Support key destinations to develop plans that encourage and increase visitor public transport use.
  • Explore the introduction of a loop bus to service the whole park.
  • Support transport authorities to achieve design excellence with any new plant and equipment associated with transport infrastructure in or adjacent to the park.
  • Reduce road widths where possible and incorporate them into the park.
  • Apply the Parks Policy of no net reduction in area of parkland for any transport projects in Royal Park.
  • When the final design for the rail crossing removal at Park Street is available, seek provision of a number of recreational facilities including multi-use games areas in this location.

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Map of public transport in Royal Park

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