This April, we hosted the latest installment of our monthly webinar series Complete Streets 301: Putting people first. We heard from leaders working across the globe to support community responses to COVID-19 through Complete Streets and other transportation initiatives. You can view a recording of the webinar with closed captioning below or download a PDF of the presentation.
Watch the webinar, led by Emiko Atherton, director of the National Complete Streets Coalition, and hear from a panel of experts working on COVID-19 response.
This webinar is among the resources related to the pandemic from Smart Growth America, all of which can be accessed here:
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Highlights from Complete Streets responses to COVID-19
Mike Lydon at Street Plans outlined the use of tactical urbanism and walked us through six “COVID-19 street typologies,” including open streets, open curbs, shared streets, temporary bikeways, and more. He also shared examples of cities both large and small who are successfully applying these strategies around the world.
Robin Hutcheson with the Minneapolis Department of Public Works discussed the fast-paced changes that the city has implemented in response to COVID-19, such as their initiative Stay Healthy Streets to support comfortable walking, rolling, and biking while social distancing, and the city rapidly issuing permits for curbside pickup at restaurants and other local businesses impacted by the crisis.