People travel to Royal Park using a variety of transport modes. These include walking and wheeling, by vehicle and by tram, train or bus. The various transport options influence the physical form of the park, through land allocated to paths, roads, car parking and rail and tram corridors.

It is important that we continue to ensure Royal Park is accessible to all of the community and there is a balance between the different transport options.

Royal Park is a destination for people who are local and also for people across the greater Melbourne area. Currently 8 hectares of the park is used for car parking and several road corridors separate areas of the park.

Research has shown much of the 8 hectares of car parking is not regularly used or laid out efficiently, so the area is more than what is required to currently service park users. Repurposing areas currently used for roads and parking is the largest opportunity to increase the size of Royal Park.

Safety audits identified a range of issues and conflicts between people and vehicles in the park. Key issues include but are not limited to car parking encroaching on pedestrian paths, no clear pedestrian crossings from Royal Park Station to the Zoo and limited pedestrian crossings to the park.

The paths, roads and vehicles that provide connectivity for people can also separate habitats, reduce the quality of adjacent habitat, and cause direct injury and mortality of wildlife.