Coalition for a New Dallas
Due to COVID-19, cities like Portland, New York City, Oakland, Boston, San Francisco, Charlotte, London, Madrid, Berlin and others have temporarily closed streets to allow pedestrians to stay healthy through exercise while social distancing. Seattle has gone a step further and permanently pedestrianized 20 miles of streets to most vehicular traffic. The city also plans to accelerate the installation of biking infrastructure.
Below are resources containing approaches happening across the world for policy makers and transportation advocates to consider:
The National Association of Transportation Officials has launched the COVID-19 Transportation Response Center, a central repository of emergency responses. Click here to access the repository:
Tabitha Combs, a sustainable transportation scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been compiling her own database of worldwide transportation responses to coronavirus. Click here to learn more: