THREAD: What has urban planning and the design of our cities got to do with COVID recovery? It turns out -- quite a lot!
Introducing the six-foot city.
Introducing the six-foot city.
By now, most of us are getting used to a new way of moving through cities in the COVID-era -- one in which we endeavour to keep 6 feet between us and every other living thing
But keeping that 6 foot of distance in a dense city isn't always easy.
On most city streets, maintaining six feet of distance is a physical impossibility not because there isn’t enough space, but because the street space is poorly allocated.
On most city streets, maintaining six feet of distance is a physical impossibility not because there isn’t enough space, but because the street space is poorly allocated.
About 80% of public space in cities are its streets, an area equivalent to entire cities unto themselves.
Since the start of COVID -- cities all over the world have been tackling the real life version of the Dril tweet, but instead of candles, they're budgeting way too much for on-street parking
https://twitter.com/dril/status/384408932061417472?lang=en-gb
Cities like Milan, Paris and London emerged from lockdown by transforming hundreds of miles of streets and creating safe room to walk, bike and take public transportation.
Streets in the time of Covid-19 offer the precious territory needed to relocate more of our inside lives into the outside – and to reimagine our avenues for a new, safer, more inclusive and equitable century.
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