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It’s difficult (impossible?) to know just yet how #COVIDー19 might, or should, impact on our Capital.
However, we can certainly think about some potential questions.
Also many solutions will be things that we may have wanted to think about anyway before all this!
A thread...
However, we can certainly think about some potential questions.
Also many solutions will be things that we may have wanted to think about anyway before all this!
A thread...
What might we think about now that just a month ago would have seemed inconceivable? (“Never waste a good crisis” thinking.)
What silver linings might we be able to eke out of this awful period?
In no particular order at all, and adding to over time...
What silver linings might we be able to eke out of this awful period?
In no particular order at all, and adding to over time...
Using clear language https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1241558858654347264
The width of pavements in the city https://twitter.com/DanielTMurray/status/1241391510978998273
The resulting width of pavements, once people have decided to park up on them.
‘Beg buttons’ at pedestrian crossings
( @iainsproat thanks for sending on.) https://twitter.com/AndrewConstance/status/1241872088249413632
( @iainsproat thanks for sending on.) https://twitter.com/AndrewConstance/status/1241872088249413632
The sound of our city, and what we would prefer to hear more and less of. https://twitter.com/bricycle/status/1241398049324306432?s=21 https://twitter.com/bricycle/status/1241398049324306432
What type of natural spaces and wildlife would we like to have access to on a regular basis? https://twitter.com/hstitfall/status/1241645539705454592?s=21 https://twitter.com/HStitfall/status/1241645539705454592
The quality of the homes in which citizens live will be particularly stark at the moment. [cont thread]
![The quality of the homes in which citizens live will be particularly stark at the moment. [cont thread]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETzhHc_WkAEKJDt.jpg "The quality of the homes in which citizens live will be particularly stark at the moment. [cont thread]")
Cycling infrastructure responses from cities such as New York and Bogotá [thread]
https://twitter.com/brenttoderian/status/1239930029150109697?s=21
https://twitter.com/dublincommuters/status/1241844148396843011?s=21 https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1241844148396843011
https://twitter.com/brenttoderian/status/1239930029150109697?s=21
https://twitter.com/dublincommuters/status/1241844148396843011?s=21 https://twitter.com/DublinCommuters/status/1241844148396843011
What might our responses at this time tell us about our ‘metabolism for change‘? [thread]
https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1241108254207488002?s=21 https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1241108254207488002
https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1241108254207488002?s=21 https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1241108254207488002
Our approach to waste collection and impacts on net pavement widths. #DumpingWasteBETA [thread]
https://twitter.com/mikelydon/status/1240761078574919682?s=21 https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1240761078574919682
https://twitter.com/mikelydon/status/1240761078574919682?s=21 https://twitter.com/MikeLydon/status/1240761078574919682
What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA
![What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETzr6kYWAAAGUrG.jpg "What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA")
![What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETzr6klXgAE1wgu.jpg "What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA")
![What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETzr6kXWoAIvBBa.jpg "What would we like for our many public spaces (which can often be more easily seen at the moment)? [thread] #OpenStreetsBETA")
How might we support businesses with additional outdoor space IF that would help with both #SocialDistancing and continuing to give people a sense of a sociable life.
(Photo is of a new cafe @31lennox which has been prepping for a few months for an opening.) #StreetParkletsBETA
(Photo is of a new cafe @31lennox which has been prepping for a few months for an opening.) #StreetParkletsBETA
How we might use the opportunity of the quieter* trafficked streets to make changes for safety, but more positively for other future reasons such as children’s play.
(*but anecdotally currently faster, due to same lack of traffic)
[thread]
![How we might use the opportunity of the quieter* trafficked streets to make changes for safety, but more positively for other future reasons such as children’s play.(*but anecdotally currently faster, due to same lack of traffic) [thread]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ET0vqPMXQAE4UvW.jpg "How we might use the opportunity of the quieter* trafficked streets to make changes for safety, but more positively for other future reasons such as children’s play.(*but anecdotally currently faster, due to same lack of traffic) [thread]")
(*but anecdotally currently faster, due to same lack of traffic)
[thread]
A key benefit that cycling brings (but isn’t often talked about as it’s very difficult to convey without personally experiencing) is the aural calmness that it brings to a street / city.
You can get an approximate experience of it at the moment. [thread] https://twitter.com/keithburner/status/1044980046690177024?s=21 https://twitter.com/keithburner/status/1044980046690177024
You can get an approximate experience of it at the moment. [thread] https://twitter.com/keithburner/status/1044980046690177024?s=21 https://twitter.com/keithburner/status/1044980046690177024
If you usually have a dumping spot near where you live, has the #COVIDー19 crisis had any impact on it? #DumpingWasteBETA
If people shift to often meet (friends and work) outdoors due to #COVID, what sorts of things might need to change?
For example much more public seating (eg takeway coffee + bench meetings).
Public barbecues in parks?
An outcome may also be a change in relation to toilets?
For example much more public seating (eg takeway coffee + bench meetings).
Public barbecues in parks?
An outcome may also be a change in relation to toilets?
