page_title: Fitzroy, Victoria
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Fitzroy, Victoria / Transport
caption_attribution_description: The 10th anniversary ride of Critical Mass' Melbourne branch saw a reported 1400 cyclists take part. Here, they crowd Brunswick Street, Fitzroy as far as the eye can see.
context_page_description: Fitzroy is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east of the city's Central Business District and located in the local government area of the City of Yarra. As of 2016, Fitzroy had a population of 10,445. Planned as Melbourne's first suburb in 1839, it later became one of the city's first areas to gain municipal status, in 1858. It occupies Melbourne's smallest and most densely populated area outside the CBD, just 100 ha.
  Fitzroy is known as a cultural hub, particularly for its live music scene and street art, and is the main home of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Its commercial heart is Brunswick Street, one of Melbourne's major retail, culinary, and nightlife strips. Long associated with the working class, Fitzroy has undergone waves of urban renewal and gentrification since the 1980s and today is home to a wide variety of socio-economic groups, featuring both some of the most expensive rents in Melbourne and one of its largest public housing complexes, Atherton Gardens.
  Its built environment is diverse and features some of the finest examples of Victorian era architecture in Melbourne.
context_section_description: Fitzroy's major road arterials are Brunswick Street (north-south) and Johnston Street (east-west). Other main roads include Victoria Parade, Nicholson Street, Smith Street and Alexandra Parade, which circumnavigate the suburb. It is characterised by a fairly tightly spaced rectangular grid of medium-sized streets, with many of its narrow streets and back lanes facilitating only one-way traffic. Traffic and parking congestion is a problem and Fitzroy and local councils have implemented strategies to keep this traffic off residential side streets. It has been the site of several controversial inner city freeway proposals, particularly in the 1950s, however none of which have proceeded.
  There are no railway stations located in Fitzroy itself, with the nearest train stations being Rushall in Fitzroy North, and Collingwood and Parliament Stations. An underground railway line running between the City Loop and Clifton Hill, with stations located beneath Brunswick Street and Smith Street, has been proposed.
  Three tram lines pass through Fitzroy or its boundaries:
  Route 86 (Bundoora – Docklands): travels along Nicholson Street, Gertrude Street and Smith Street.
  Route 96 (East Brunswick – St Kilda): travels along Nicholson Street.
  Route 11 (West Preston – Victoria Harbour Docklands): bisects Fitzroy along Brunswick Street.
  The St Vincents Plaza tram interchange, in adjacent East Melbourne, is at the junction of Victoria Parade and Brunswick Street and handles tram routes 24, 30, 86, 109 and 11.
  Cycling is a very popular form of transport in Fitzroy, as with much of the City of Yarra. A station for the Melbourne Bicycle Share scheme is located near the St Vincents Plaza tram interchange.
  The City of Yarra also supports a car sharing service, which has several locations in Fitzroy.
caption: Critical Mass Melbourne at Brunswick Street
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