Closing Open Streets (with City Beautiful)

The Urbanist Agenda

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During the covid-19 pandemic, many US cities made streets off-limits to cars and opened them to people walking an cycling. These "open streets" were loved by urbanists everywhere, but now that the lockdowns are over, many of these places are being given back to motor vehicle traffic. In this episode, I talk to Dave from the YouTube channel City Beautiful about these closed open streets and what the future of "open streets" might look like in the US and Canada.

How New York City Lost 63 Miles of Pedestrian-Friendly 'Open Streets'

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/nyregion/open-streets-nyc.html

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