Parking in Melbourne's CBD will be a little more difficult in the future as the city adopts more cycling lanes.
According to The Age, there are more people on the roads on two wheels due to the coronavirus pandemic, as people continue to avoid packed public transport.
Some cycle lanes have seen a near 300 percent increase in traffic and city planners want to accomodate them more.
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They've taken inspiration from the like of London, Paris and Milan to reshape the way people will use the roads.
Sadly for drivers, that will mean that there will be less parking spots available.
Hundreds of spots are expected to be wiped out in the new-look CBD.
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Lord mayor Sally Capp said: "Our research shows that it's essential to create physical protection from motor vehicles to encourage more people to ride in the central city.
"These priority routes will better connect suburbs like Carlton, East Melbourne, North Melbourne, Brunswick and West Melbourne to the central city.
The first streets to be upgraded will be Exhibition Street, between Flinders and Bourke streets, and Rathdowne Street, between Victoria and Faraday streets.
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Once those are updated, William Street (Dudley Street to Flinders Street), Abbotsford Street (Flemington Road to Queensberry Street) and Swanston Street (Grattan Street to Cemetery Road) will be the next streets to get an overhaul.
They'll be done in two stages, with the first costing around $16 million.
But don't worry too much, there are around 23,500 metered and unmetered spaces across the municipality at the moment, so a few hundred hopefully won't be missed too much. Transport portfolio chair Nicolas Frances Gilley said the lane for Exhibition Street and Rathdown Street will be around 3.5 kilometres long.
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"This is one of the most important routes for cycling to the city from the north, but is currently unsafe, with sections of the street having no protected bike lanes," he said.
"We will use plastics, rubber and recycled materials that can be installed quickly so we can accelerate bike lane delivery. The infrastructure we install will be functional for years to come and can be progressively replaced with fixed lanes over time as required."
Everyone will have to share the roads in this new plan.
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