Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Open Streets

Interview: Oakland leader on Racial Equity And Mobility

By Courtney Cobbs | May 28, 2020 | No Comments

Warren Logan, policy director of mobility and interagency relations for the mayor’s office of Oakland, which in April became the first city to launch “Slow Streets,” has been at the forefront of the movement to create more space for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation during COVID-19. I first heard about Warren in an August 2019 […]

NACTO Drops Playbook for Fighting COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | May 22, 2020 | No Comments

The group's member cities have been working hard to make public space as safe as possible during the pandemic — and the organization just compiled their best strategies.

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Equity, Open Streets and the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

By Courtney Cobbs | May 11, 2020 | No Comments

For Black and Brown people to feel completely safe walking, biking, or just existing in public space, we need to make fundamental changes in the way our society is structured.

The Problem With Just Giving Streets to Restaurants

By Kea Wilson | May 5, 2020 | No Comments

Let's get creative with the 70 percent of public space dedicated to storing and moving cars. There are a ton of extraordinary things the public can do with that valuable real estate.

Op-Ed: Let’s Pay Artists to Make ‘Open Streets’ Better

By Ben Stone | May 4, 2020 | No Comments

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Smart Growth America and is republished with permission. The burgeoning open streets movement brought on by the pandemic has created more space for people, provided lessons in how to quickly test ideas successfully (like in Minneapolis and Oakland) and unsuccessfully (like in New York City), and shown that […]

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Expanding Sidewalks Does Not Spread COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 27, 2020 | No Comments

There are some city leaders who fear that if they make streets too pedestrian-friendly, it will encourage walkers to crowd the streets, spreading the virus more. It won't. Here's why.

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