As millions of children and young people return to schools and universities, cities like Paris and New York are waking up to the open space offered by streets adjacent to schools to be recast as outdoor classrooms, school auditoriums or gym classes. 
To put it plainly -- we need to reimagine how we can use the street space that makes up 80% of our city.
Streets are no longer just a domain for cars. Streets need to become classrooms, gyms, playgrounds, running tracks, bike paths, restaurants, forests, clubs and more.
Streets are no longer just a domain for cars. Streets need to become classrooms, gyms, playgrounds, running tracks, bike paths, restaurants, forests, clubs and more.
Work on this has already begun. The National Association of City Transportation Officials/Global Designing Cities Initiative has imagined how streets could be designed to serve vital institutions during and after the pandemic. nacto.org/streets-for-pa…
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These are all ideas from the brilliant city planner @JSadikKhan and you can read about it in detail here: theguardian.com/cities/2020/se…
These are all ideas from the brilliant city planner @JSadikKhan and you can read about it in detail here: theguardian.com/cities/2020/se…
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