Open Streets
How green, walkable, bikeable, play-friendly streets promote good mental health
June 16, 2021
How To Design Life-Saving, Low-Speed Zones
As the COVID-19 pandemic has altered urban landscapes and pushed many people toward active mobility, there’s increased urgency to make roads safer for walking and cycling. Many cities are now tasked with protecting more vulnerable users in addition to creating safe public spaces that will enable economic recovery and allow residents to enjoy the outdoors. At the same time, there are long-term reasons to support this transition.
May 24, 2021
How Cities Are Keeping Voting Queues Safe from COVID-19 and Cars
As voters across the country head to the ballot box, some cities are giving driving spaces around polling places back to the people — while others are leaving them out in the cold.
November 3, 2020
Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?
A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.
October 26, 2020
Ten Cities To Use Open Streets As Tools for Equity And COVID-Resilience
The winners of a new grant will seek put roads to their highest and best use at this historic moment: helping the most undeserved residents of our cities.
September 3, 2020
STEAL THIS IDEA: Washington DOT To Give Lanes Back to People on State Roads
A state DOT program will expand city leaders' toolboxes for delivering residents changes they actually want.
July 13, 2020
Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia
The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.
July 6, 2020
Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristen Jeffers
Kristen Jeffers, the founder and editor-in-chief at the The Black Urbanist, talks to Streetsblog about how land use, planning and transportation systems don't often center black, queer, and feminist voices. And should.
June 3, 2020
Interview: Oakland leader on Racial Equity And Mobility
May 28, 2020
NACTO Drops Playbook for Fighting COVID-19
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.
May 22, 2020
