Rethinking Streets for Physical Distancing
Principal Investigator:
Marc Schlossberg, University of Oregon
Co-Investigators:
- Rebecca Lewis, University of Oregon
Summary:
Reallocating 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. A few overlapping phenomena quickly became clear during the early days of COVID: a need to remain physically distanced from others outside our immediate household; a need fo...
Reallocating 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. A few overlapping phenomena quickly became clear during the early days of COVID: a need to remain physically distanced from others outside our immediate household; a need for more outdoor space close to home in every part of every community to access and enjoy; a need for more space to provide efficient mobility for essential workers in particular; and a need for more space for local businesses as they try to remain open safely.
"Rethinking Streets During COVID-19" constitutes an evidence-based guide to 25 quick redesigns for physical distancing, public use, and spatial equity.
This project is the third in a series of NITC-supported projects to investigate and document best practices in street reconfigurations for more active, sustainable, and in this case, COVID-supportive uses. The two previous projects are:
Rethinking Streets: An Evidence Based Design Manual on Making Streets into Complete Streets (2013)
https://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/539
From Knowledge to Practice: Rethinking Streets for People on Bikes (2019)
https://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/1081
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Project Details
Project Type: | Research |
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Project Status: | Completed |
End Date: | January 31, 2021 |
UTC Funding: | $67,989 |
Downloadable Products
- Rethinking Streets During COVID19 (FINAL_REPORT)
- Rethinking Streets During COVID19 - Optimized (FINAL_REPORT)
- Rethinking Streets For Physical Distancing: Process and Rationale (FINAL_REPORT)