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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<ref>Millar, Royce [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/09/1047144868351.html "There goes the neighbourhood?"] The Age 10 March 2003</ref> 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 stations being {{stnlnk|Rushall}} in Fitzroy North, and {{stnlnk|Collingwood}} and {{stnlnk|Parliament}} Stations. There was a short-lived railway station named [[Fitzroy_railway_station|Fitzroy]] but it was just north of the actual Fitzroy suburb and was closed to passengers in 1892 (but remained open for freight until 1981). An underground railway line running between the [[City Loop, Melbourne|City Loop]] and [[Clifton Hill railway station, Melbourne|Clifton Hill]], with stations located beneath Brunswick Street and Smith Street, has been proposed.
Three tram lines pass through Fitzroy or its boundaries:
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