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With so few cars on the roads today, many around the world are noticing the true extent of how much urban space we devote exclusively to cars and calling for immediate changes to give urban dwellers space to safely walk & bike.
A thread of some of those calling for #openstreets;
A thread of some of those calling for #openstreets;
Iconic, award winning Journalist @DanRather https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1245761993039962117?s=20
ZipCar cofounder @rmchase in this weeks @GlobeOpinion, @BostonGlobe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/31/opinion/roads-cleared-vehicle-traffic-should-be-open-foot-traffic-during-coronavirus-pandemic/
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in his press conference last week calling for quiet city streets to be converted into #OpenStreets to alleviate overcrowding in New York City Parks. https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1241756245016616960?s=20
Famed Toronto Architecture critic and author @alexbozikovic.
"With most of the world staying home, car traffic has dropped dramatically. Our streets are wide. It’s time to reallocate that space to allow for walking and cycling." @globeandmail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-city-dwellers-need-room-to-breathe-on-the-streets-why-is-that-so-hard/
"With most of the world staying home, car traffic has dropped dramatically. Our streets are wide. It’s time to reallocate that space to allow for walking and cycling." @globeandmail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-city-dwellers-need-room-to-breathe-on-the-streets-why-is-that-so-hard/
Former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, professor and urban advocate @jen_keesmaat. https://twitter.com/jen_keesmaat/status/1241721940311760898?s=20
“In dense n'hoods the sidewalks are way too crowded. There’s only so much space... We know the streets that are typically easy to close, precincts should move immediately to cone those off & give people more room to avoid each other in public.” @plitter https://ny.curbed.com/2020/3/23/21189966/coronavirus-new-york-streets-social-distancing-covid-19
Writer for @VICE and @motherboard @A_W_Gordon
"De Blasio Could Save Lives by Closing New York City’s Streets. Why Won’t He?" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mj9k/de-blasio-could-save-lives-by-closing-new-york-citys-streets-why-wont-he
"De Blasio Could Save Lives by Closing New York City’s Streets. Why Won’t He?" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mj9k/de-blasio-could-save-lives-by-closing-new-york-citys-streets-why-wont-he
"Streets make up 80% of open space in NYC. We need to open that space to people, now more than ever"
@TransAlt https://medium.com/@TransAlt/why-streets-should-be-closed-to-cars-during-covid-19-db41851cba4e
@TransAlt https://medium.com/@TransAlt/why-streets-should-be-closed-to-cars-during-covid-19-db41851cba4e
"Toronto, Vancouver look into closing roads to traffic to create space for social distancing"
@globeandmail @moore_oliver @BrentToderian https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-toronto-vancouver-look-into-closing-roads-to-traffic-to-create-space/
@globeandmail @moore_oliver @BrentToderian https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-toronto-vancouver-look-into-closing-roads-to-traffic-to-create-space/
NYC Parks Commissioner @mitchell_silver https://twitter.com/mitchell_silver/status/1243673821867061249?s=20
The Boston suburb, Brookline. https://twitter.com/BlineTransport/status/1245800084278829060?s=20
Road closures planned for Calgary to give more room for pedestrians and cyclists
https://globalnews.ca/news/6744420/road-closures-calgary-cyclists-pedestrians-social-distancing-coronavirus/ @castillokury @globalnews
https://globalnews.ca/news/6744420/road-closures-calgary-cyclists-pedestrians-social-distancing-coronavirus/ @castillokury @globalnews
The City of Winnipeg creating a number of pedestrian and biking routes across the city for 12-hours a day, every day. @cityofwinnipeg https://twitter.com/cityofwinnipeg/status/1245086821085622272?s=20
Rails to Trails has posted this national petition to establish more safe walking and biking routes as we adjust to a new normal of extended social distancing measures. @railstotrails #openstreets https://www.railstotrails.org/take-action/createsafeplaces/
Many periods of major change in cities around the world were sparked by times of crisis. We will get through this. The question I'd pose is what do we want to come back to?
Continue the status quo of cities devoted to cars?
Or grow #citiesforpeople?
The choice is ours.
Continue the status quo of cities devoted to cars?
Or grow #citiesforpeople?
The choice is ours.
In Bogota, The City expanded its successful #ciclovia #openstreets to create an extensive network of bike and walking paths across the city. https://twitter.com/berkie1/status/1239526966224736257?s=21 https://twitter.com/berkie1/status/1239526966224736257
