#COVIDStreets, How Cities are Re-Designing Streets for Safety and Livability
Episode 005 • 46 min
COVID-19 is necessitating rapid change in our cities.
Image courtesy of Jonathan Berk
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As many stay-at-home orders are lifting, people are getting outside, but we still need to stay 6 feet apart, so citizens and cities are stepping up in some interesting ways. How do you stay 6 feet apart when many sidewalks aren’t even 6 feet wide? The answer might just be rethinking the design of our streets and our cities overall. From tactical urbanism to open streets to changing the very notion of what a shared street is: we discuss with Jonathan Berk, placemaking advocate and a Director at Patronicity; and Jeff Speck, city planner, author, and long-time advocate for more walkable cities.
Weekly Dose of Good Design
- Sam: Streetmix
- Jonathan: Slow streets signage approach
Links
- Event Recap: Sketch Series: Draw Architecture with Patrick Cunningham
- Membership: The 50/50 Membership Challenge
- Membership: Free Student Membership
- Website: Patronicity
- Book: Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time By Jeff Speck
- Book: Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places By Jeff Speck
- Website: JeffSpeck.com
- Video: Jeff Speck: The walkable city
- Book: Transport Sociology: Social Aspects of Transport Planning
- Article: The Waze Driver Satisfaction Index 2016
- Video: Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation on May 11, 2020
- Article: Seattle will permanently close 20 miles of residential streets to most vehicle traffic
Sam Aquillano
Host
Liz Pawlak
Host
Jonathan Berk
Guest Co-Host
