How cities around the Globe are adapting their streets to move people in a post #COVID19 World
...a thread;
Paris
Brussels
Berlin
Budapest
Auckland
Milan
Oakland
Vancouver
Bogota
Will your city be next?
#CitiesForPeople

Paris is creating 400+mi of protected bike lanes to move people into, out of and around The City of Paris.

"Pop-up cycleways could help prevent the “complete paralysis of [our] road network, should there be a massive shift towards the private car.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/04/22/paris-to-create-650-kilometers-of-pop-up-corona-cycleways-for-post-lockdown-travel/#4b39cd0254d4

Brussels will drop speed limits to 12mph across the inner core.

"All streets in the pentagon-shaped city centre will become residential areas, meaning that pedestrians have priority everywhere, and may use the full width of the street to move around." https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/107383/coronavirus-city-of-brussels-lowers-speed-limit-to-20-km-h/

Berlin has begun installing temporary bike lanes across the city in an effort to encourage urban cycling. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/world-cities-turn-their-streets-over-to-walkers-and-cyclists

Budapest will establish temporary bicycle lanes for several key routes around the city. The capital’s aim with this decision is to provide its residents with an alternative and safer way to travel during the coronavirus pandemic. https://koronavirus.budapest.hu/en/2020/04/06/temporary-bike-lanes-will-help-traffic-during-the-pandemic/

Auckland is planning a number of interventions in response to a call for "tactical urbanism" proposals from CBDs across New Zealand from the federal government. The government is the first to encourage and fund pop up cycle lanes and wide sidewalks.
https://twitter.com/DarbyatCouncil/status/1251437107463090176?s=20

Milan will turn 21mi of streets over to cyclists and pedestrians
“We worked for years to reduce car use. If everybody drives a car, there is no space for people, there is no space to move, there is no space for commercial activities outside the shops.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/milan-seeks-to-prevent-post-crisis-return-of-traffic-pollution

Oakland has implemented 74+ miles of #OpenStreets or #SlowStreets on 10% of the city's streets, in an effort to allow safe pedestrian and bike mobility.
“This is an opportunity to remember that these are our streets, not just streets for cars." https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/04/slow-streets-oakland-car-free-roads-pedestrians-covid-19/609961/?utm_source=twb

Vancouver has closed roads in Stanley Park and along their waterfront to such strong early success that Mayor @kennedystewart now says the city is looking at expanding these early measures across the City.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6854662/coronavirus-vancouver-street-closures/

Bogota has made elements of it's highly successful #OpenStreets event, Ciclovia, permanent during COVID19 and the aftermath. https://twitter.com/BrentToderian/status/1239420302917922816?s=20