Prahran Car Share consultation 2023 outcomes

Council has now made a decision regarding several proposed car share parking spaces in your local area as outlined below.

The proposals follow an application from car share operators (received and assessed in line with the city's Car Share Policy). Council asked for community feedback before making the decision.

Please select the location below for specific consultation outcomes regarding Car Share proposals.

Feedback from the community was majority in support of the proposal. The car share operator has noted there are a high number of members within 250m of the space and that they have received requests from members for an additional bay in the area. Due to majority community support and the high number of existing and potential car share members, a Flexicar car share bay will be installed in this location. Parking will only be permitted in the space for a Flexicar car share vehicle and will otherwise be signed NO STOPPING. Please see below for specific mapping of the Car Share location.

Feedback from the community was majority in support of the proposal. The car share provider has indicated there are a high number of existing members within 250m of the location. Due to majority support and the high number of existing and potential car share members it is proposed that a GoGet car share bay is installed in this location. Parking will only be permitted in the space for a GoGet car share vehicle and will otherwise be signed NO STOPPING. Please see below for specific mapping of the Car Share location.

Feedback from the community was majority in support of the proposal. There is an existing “floating” GoGet van operating in this street which this application proposed to transition into a dedicated bay. The bay fronts the German Club carpark so is considered suitable for a dedicated van space. Most objections related to parking demand in the area and confusion about whether there would be an additional GoGet vehicle installed, rather than the transition of the existing floating car share vehicle. The location of the car share bay will be shifted one parking space north from the location originally proposed due to the need to maintain adequate sight lines at the pedestrian crossing on Dandenong Road. Due to majority support for transitioning the floating vehicle into a dedicated space and the good utilisation of the existing floating vehicle, a GoGet car share space will be installed in this location. Parking will only be permitted in the space for a GoGet car share vehicle and will otherwise be signed NO STOPPING. Please see below for specific mapping of the Car Share location.

Feedback from the community was majority in support of the proposal. Two car share operators applied to install a dedicated bay in this location, so existing membership base across the two providers was considered, along with the utilisation of the existing “floating” GoGet vehicle already operating on Irving Avenue. Accordingly, this space will transition the existing floating GoGet vehicle already operating on Irving Avenue into a dedicated GoGet car share bay. The vehicle installed in the dedicated bay will be a passenger vehicle instead of the existing van. Parking will only be permitted in the space for a GoGet car share vehicle and will otherwise be signed NO STOPPING. Please see below for specific mapping of the Car Share location.

Feedback from the community was not supportive of a proposed car share bay in this location and there was a lack of evidence of sufficient demand. Therefore no car share parking space will be installed at this location.