One of the strategies being considered,is to rein in the car-parking glut.
“I think there should be better systems around how parking is allocated and managed,” said Dr Taylor,from the Centre for Urban Research.
Dr Taylor did not advocate for stricter caps on off-street parking,instead calling for the empty space to be used for storage,shopping,bike parking and public parking to free up space on the streets.
A Melbourne council discussion paper proposes converting on-street parking to open space,bike lanes and footpaths.
It also suggests capping city parking,and constantly adjusting the time limits and price of on-street parking according to demand.
These ideas would reduce inner-city traffic,with studies overseas showing that 30 per cent of city traffic results from"cruising",which is when drivers hunt around for a free or cheap park.
Under the Victorian planning scheme,developers must provide one car park for every one to two bedroom dwellings in addition to one visitor parking space,but they can apply for a waiver.
In the 1980s,Melbourne City Council removed this requirement,and replaced it with a parking cap of up to two spaces for any dwelling,regardless of the number of bedrooms.
But developers usually only build up to half of the capped amount of parking in the CBD,Dr Taylor said.
Councillor Nicolas Frances Gilley,who chairs the transport portfolio,said imposing a stricter parking cap was outside of the council's jurisdiction,but the move made sense given the surplus parking spaces.
"Lots of people are not using it,it's an awful waste of money and a lot of unused space,"he said.
"Personally,I would like to see less."
Cr Gilley said the council was reducing on-street parking to free up space for taxis,ride-share cars and bikes,with local and international research showing that retailers were not disadvantaged when car parking was removed.
"If you swap car places for bikes,you can get nine bikes where you have one car space,"he said.