How US cities are making WALKING ONLY streets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2021
- Pedestrian zones banning cars were built in the US during the 1960's and 70's. Over time, they fell out of popularity and many opened back up to traffic. Due to the pandemic, cities are trying out a more flexible way of creating pedestrian zones. These Open Streets programs look to usher in an era where pedestrian traffic take priority over vehicle traffic.
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I hope open streets become more common and permanent.
Nice video! Would love to mention something here! I live in India and there are streets here that vehicular on paper, but difficult to transit in a vehicle. Pedestrians and markets completely take charge of these roads!
That’s really interesting. It is hard to find that here except for maybe the most populous cities.
Great video, Byron! This is my favorite so far. Yep, R Street Sacramento, between 14 and 15th, is pedestrian-only. It keeps vehicle traffic on the rest of R Street slower, which is good. Drivers seem to really haul on streets with no closures.
Thank you, Bree! Happy you liked the video. I was definitely tempted to try to take some video of local examples, but was in a rush. Maybe in a future video!
Is there any hope or anything that can be done to get rid of the car centric infrastructure the US suffers from?
The good news is many cities and almost the whole industry is putting a lot of effort into adding to the infrastructure of other modes (such as bicycles). I have worked on a lot of projects that have done so. The bad news is that it doesn't guarantee people will actually switch modes. I honestly think cars are here to stay and dominate transportation for awhile. What we can do is give people other options.