Four years ago today my kid's school shut down and I coped by making a list of cities that were closing streets to cars so kids could play in them.
Shortly thereafter, I took to social media for help documenting what would soon be a global phenomenon.
It was a hell of a ride.
#COVID #COVIDstreets #ShiftingStreets #PandemicStreets @pedbikeinfo
This paper was a natural offshoot of my work with Carlos Pardo on the #ShiftingStreets Global COVID Mobility Database, in which we gathered and classified responses to pandemic-related changes in transportation demand in 1500 cities around the world.
In a 2021 paper introducing the database, we noted the pandemic's potential to redefine the entire field of transportation. (4)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100322
https://www.pedbikeinfo.org/resources/resources_details.cfm?id=5235
Heck yeah. My new #paper with Lindsay Oluyede & Carlos Pardo is out today in #TransportReviews:
"The why and how of COVID streets: a city level review of research into planning motivations and approaches during a crisis"
This labor of love examined the processes that led to and shaped #COVIDstreets programs in 28 cities around the world, as reported in peer-reviewed literature. 🧵
Just wrapped a really sweet study on the impacts of local and state level supports for street space reallocations during the #COVID19 pandemic. Full report is coming; for now, enjoy a summary of our findings & recommendations. Narrated by UNC DCRP student Sam Hayes (who's awesome, btw).
#COVIDstreets #ShiftingStreets #StreetSpace #ResearchToPractice #planning
Register for the last session in CSCRS’s final Research to Practice Bytes series examining COVID street transformations w/presenter @DrTCombs (hey that's me)
When: May 31, 2:30-3pm (EDT)
Where: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X2B7zBAeTRuNw8V2yZUlIA#/registration
Who: me, you, all our #SafeSystem friends
Why: because #COVID19 changed everything, including how we use, think about, and plan for streets. And also because it's the last #webinar for this amazing organization.
This webinar will focus on a study that combined structured interviews with ped/bike count data to explore the processes through which nine U.S. communities planned and evaluated rapid rollouts of new active mobility infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research identified a wide range of approaches to “COVID streets.” Interestingly, we also note that standard ped/bike count data did not reflect community leaders’ perceived impacts of their rapid rollouts, suggesting a need for more intentional methods of quantifying the impacts of such projects.
Doing a thing later this month: "Uplanned #pandemic #planning: Lessons learned from rapid #COVID street transformations."
It's a mini-webinar (aka practice byte) on some stuff I've been working on through the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety. Registration is free, and it's only half an hour!
#RoadSafety #CSCRS #COVIDstreets #ShiftingStreets #streets #webinar
www.roadsafety.unc.edu/profdev/webinars/
Y'all, that's me. That's was my session. I *told* you it was awesome!!! And inspiring.
...and (update!) you can watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWlals5Yh1o
#NationalBikeSummit #BikeTooter #SlowStreets #COVIDstreets #ShiftingStreets
We'll be talking about what communities & transportation agencies learned from their experiences rolling out #COVID19-related street space changes, and how those experiences are leading to new best practices in allocation/use of #StreetSpace.
What questions do *you* want us to tackle in the session? What lessons do *you* think we need to take away from #COVIDstreets? Drop 'em here before the session & I'll see how many we can get to.
From now on I insist on being referred to as "Researchers at the University of North Carolina"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/pedestrian-safety-covid-pandemic/
Hey #WaPo feel free to check the actual credit page: pedbikeinfo.org/shiftingstreets
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