Seizing the opportunity of quiet streets
The window of opportunity
By now, nearly everyone around the world is witnessing the impacts of our collective social distancing and self-isolation efforts. People are travelling less?far less. Emissions from the transportation sector are falling, improving water, air, and overall environmental quality as a result.
We are experiencing what may be the start of a long, slow change in local, regional and global mobility patterns. Cities are moving into lockdown remarkably quickly, and the socio-ecological impacts that result from our collective reduction in movement are being felt around the globe. In the coming months, as cities exit lockdown, it is important that we maintain and grow the benefits that have been realized by quick-thinking municipal staff and the general public. What has been good for air quality has been equally good for pedestrians, cyclists and transit operators. In short, having fewer cars on city streets has presented a preview of what life might be like in a future where space is allocated more equitably for all road users. The goal for planners and policy-makers should be to maintain some of these benefits we have begun to see on a permanent basis, once life begins returning to normal. The window of opportunity is rare and will be brief, and now is the time to act.
Learning from our collective situation
So, where to begin" Well, we can look at what?s already happening on an ad-hoc basis on many city streets around the world and start to formaliz...
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