found that although many cities repurposed public spaces during the pandemic, few mayors intend to make the changes permanent. There was some interest in continuing alfresco dining, with a little over one-third of mayors saying they would keep those changes in place.
But limiting traffic on roads for safe walking and biking, or closing street lanes for recreation? Most mayors said those changes would not be made permanent, even though two-thirds of mayors said they expect residents will walk and bike more frequently after COVID-19 is under control. So, where are all those people supposed to walk and bike safely?That’s a missed opportunity.
And with so much of the public realm committed to cars, there is less room for the parks and recreational space that people are clamoring for. Paris created mini-parks, wider sidewalks and many miles of bike lanes by. It didn’t require a major reengineering of the city; it just took the political will to prioritize people over personal vehicles.
Now, it won’t be as easy to make these pandemic-inspired streetscape changes permanent. There will be trade-offs — the restaurants that benefit from alfresco dining will have to give up street parking for their customers. Drivers may be inconvenienced if their desired route is closed for a slow street. These transformations take consistent public funding for maintenance and ongoing community engagement and partnership in order to make them successful.
The pandemic showed us what’s possible. We can take away street lanes and parking spots to create lively, communal open spaces. We can dine outside, under the stars. We can walk, bike and scoot more safely. We can allow kids to ride and play in the public realm with confidence. Let’s not roll back progress toward safer, healthier cities.
Pedestrian friendly streets yes. No more bike lanes should go in until those in favor of it use public transportation for a month. That system has Issues. Furthermore, bikers need to pass some sort of training. I have seen bikers doing dangerous things TOO Often.
It’s called Pedestrian Friendly— a few examples include the historic district of Savannah, the French Quarter in New Orleans, parts of Charleston, St Augustine..
Look all the pollution that's not being produced. Fresh air, children friendly, more shops could expand their ideas. More people could try and be more friendly to one another, learn different cultures, having a little more compassion, less anger.
We should establish drunk driving thoroughfares that eliminate parking and bicycle lanes to allow wiggle room for hard-working suburbanites who just wanted a night away from the wife and kids
TOO late. I was at costco today.. it used to have about 30 cars there during the pandemic today there was about 9 trillion people there buying more toilet paper and water
It is a beautiful way of living!
Don’t forget keeping the massive vagrant camps.
Hell yes!
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Sure this will work out well when traffic gets back to normal 🤡
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