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Ciudades en la nueva normalidad: la pandemia como oportunidad para repensar el uso del espacio público
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Ciudades en la nueva normalidad: la pandemia como oportunidad para repensar el uso del espacio público
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📆A partir de mañana 24/5, la rambla de Montevideo funcionará como un espacio recreativo sin motores los domingos, como forma de incentivar el esparcimiento con distancia social 😷
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📆Desde el próximo sábado 30/5, 18 de julio (desde la Intendencia hasta la Plaza del Entrevero) será un paseo de compras peatonal al aire libre, como forma de revitalizar el centro respetando la distancia social 😷
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UPDATE: Minneapolis added an additional 11 miles of Stay Healthy Streets on local streets, expanding geographic equity + complementing #openstreets along 21 miles of parkway. This includes a "super loop" linking St. Paul and MPLS on both sides of the Mississippi. #Covid19Streets 
Beyond these 32 miles, sidewalk space has been expanded in front of essential services, 400+ pedestrian signals are on recall, and 20mph speed limits are being implemented citywide. In short, no other US city has taken as comprehensive a #Covid19Streets approach as Minneapolis.
With leadership from @rchonthego, many of these #Covid19Streets measures could be kept post-pandemic, as they are informed by the city's transportation action plan. Again, the opportunity for cities now is to implement safer streets in weeks/months rather than years/decades.
UPDATE: Burlington, VT #Covid19Streets includes 17.5 mi. of slow streets; 6.42 mi. for local traffic only; a .84 mi. parking lane conversion for more pedestrian space. That's 24.76 miles or a whopping 26% of the city's street network. For context, Oakland's initiative is 8.9% .
What makes Burlington’s response unique is the range of measure being put into place. Most cities have undertaken one of the five tactics, not multiple. Also, it’s the city with the smallest population (42,417) on our list of 56 cities with #Covid19Streets.
Lateral space is what matters most right now but it’s interesting to compare linear foot per capita... most city initiatives aren’t worth calculating but what we see in Burlington vs. Oakland is 3x the linear feet given over to #Covid19Streets.
