Webinar: Rethinking Streets During COVID

Re-allocating space on streets to accommodate new uses – particularly for walking, biking, and being – is not new. However, COVID-era needs have accelerated the process that many communities use to make such street transitions. Many communities quickly understood that the street is actually a public place and a public good that serves broader public needs more urgent than the free flow or the storage of private vehicles. This seminar describes a new case study book that captures some of these quick changes to city streets in response to societal needs during COVID, with two open questions: 1. What changes will endure post-COVID?; and 2. Will communities be more open to street reconfigurations, including quick and inexpensive trials, going forward?https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/trec_webinar/1059/thumbnail.jp