Can street-focused emergency response measures trigger a transition to new transport systems? Exploring evidence and lessons from 55 US cities.

ABSTRACT: Transport planning and policy is increasingly being called to action in ways that differ from practices of yesteryear. Varied segments of society are increasingly looking to city streets-the workhorse of a city's transport system-as places to enact change. Namely, to change their character away from the type of streets pervasive in auto-oriented urban environments. Acutely experienced during the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency response measures from many cities across the world abruptly altered the nature and purpose of street space. These "street experiments" fueled an opportunity, in part, to explore a transition to practices prioritizing forms of sustainable mobility such as walking and bicycling. This research inventories street-focused emergency response measures from t

SUBMITTER: Glaser M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188684 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature