‼️ Do you work for a city or town that has changed its approach to divvying up #StreetSpace as a result of the #COVID19 #pandemic? If so, we need to hear from you!
Since the beginning of the pandemic (3 years ago!) a small team of researchers--with help from an army of volunteer #CrowdSourcers around the world--has been documenting the ways in which city streets evolved to meet changing demands for public space. 🧵
Thousands of cities, maybe more, scrambled to create safe, public, outdoor space for #walking, #biking, socializing, and conducting commerce. Some of these were huge successes. Some were flops. All of them, however, hold critically important lessons for how we think about, plan for, design, allocate, manage, and enforce the use of public space. There is an entire new body of knowledge hiding in the experiences and observations of these cities and the people who live and work in them. (2)
Please help us make sure this body of knowledge doesn't get lost as we try to put this pandemic in our rear view. If you & your community have a story to tell us about how the pandemic changed your approach to #transport, #mobility, or public space, we want to hear it.
You can message me here or email us at shiftingstreets-at-unc-dot-edu
See/download the data at pedbikeinfo.org/shiftingstreets
h/t @pedbikeinfo (3)
