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American cities are built for cars. The coronavirus could change that.


American Cities Are Built for Cars. The Coronavirus Could Change ...

Doug Gordon is a television writer and producer. He is a co-host of the podcast The War on Cars.

American cities are built for cars. The coronavirus could change that.

As the Covid-19 crisis wears on, a surprising tool has emerged in the effort to slow transmission: city streets. The car has long been king ...

How the COVID-19 pandemic can reshape our streets and ...

One notable and visible change is the reduction of vehicle traffic in America's cities. Last spring the air became cleaner, and once-busy ...

Will COVID-19 Change the Way We Design Our Streets? - Kittelson

When provided the space, people have used it, in a variety of ways. The pandemic has shown us what our streets could look like when they're ...

Our Post-Pandemic Future Could Be a Lot Less Car-Centric

COVID-19 has highlighted an existing need to rebalance our streets by prioritizing equitable mobility options, not private vehicles.

The pandemic will accelerate the evolution of our cities - The Guardian

City centres are likely to see fewer cars in future, but that would have happened eventually without Covid-19, says architect Norman Foster.

How cities are clamping down on cars - BBC

“The pandemic has changed transport globally… We have the opportunity to see what would our cities look like when we are designing for people, ...

Cities worldwide took space for cars and gave it to people during the ...

But whether practices employed during the pandemic—including a rapid expansion of car-free streets and extended outdoor dining—will continue in ...

Coronavirus and the Fragility of Auto-Centric Cities - RMI

The coronavirus has exposed the ills of continued automobile-centric urban planning practices that adversely impact equity, health, and the climate.

Seven Ways COVID-19 is Reshaping our Cities - reSITE

Improvement in air quality · The rise of telecommuting · Streets being converted into pedestrian zones · More bikes, fewer cars · Smart cities & surveillance · The ...

Cars have run their course in U.S. cities. Here's what's next

Sticking closer to home because of COVID-19 has shown many people what cities can be like with less traffic, noise, congestion, and pollution.

Liberating Cities from Cars | Planetizen Blogs

Now that we have the vision, how do we achieve it once the pandemic is over? Making this transition in U.S. cities, even at a small scale, will ...

How the COVID-19 Crisis Can Reinvent Roadways

Sticking closer to home because of COVID-19 has shown many people what cities can be like with less traffic, noise, congestion and pollution.

Cities worldwide took space for cars and gave it to people during the ...

... (and sometimes private) space rapidly expanded in response to COVID-19. While some changes are temporary, others could become permanent.

The Pandemic Shows What Cars Have Done to Cities - The Atlantic

But cities have more space available for pedestrians and cyclists and various forms of micromobility than we might think. That much becomes ...

The pandemic changed car ownership. How can cities adapt?

A StreetLight Data analysis of mobility trends in U.S. cities found that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in cars had rebounded by spring 2021 ...

U.S. cities are fighting over keeping covid street closures

The pandemic turbocharged the push to make America's streets more pedestrian friendly. As the covid-19 emergency ends, many are fighting to ...

COVID-19 Could End Our Dependence on Cars — If We 'Build Back ...

The pandemic, however, has disrupted the narrative and created an opening for new kinds of infrastructure that can facilitate car-free travel.

The Pandemic Could Be an Opportunity to Remake Cities - WIRED

In that shift, urbanists see a chance to save city dwellers not just from the sweep of a pandemic, but from the auto-centric culture that has ...

The Pandemic Has Taken Cars Off Urban Streets. Will It Last?

With a sharp drop in auto traffic due to the coronavirus, cities around the globe have closed streets to cars and expanded pedestrian thoroughfares and bike ...