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The pandemic’s impact has can improve public health transformations for the long
been perhaps most visible and quality of life, reduce haul.
on city streets. First emptied air pollution and carbon
out by travel restrictions, now emissions, stimulate It’s not necessarily simple,
many urban roadways are the economy, provide but designed carefully, with
seeing a surge in bike and more equitable access to community engagement and
pedestrian traffic as people opportunity, and help cities be support from a network of city
settle into new routines. From more resilient to future shocks. peers, street transformations
London to Bogota, cities are can be successful in the long
closing off miles of roads to Cities like Milan and Paris say term. They are demand-driven,
cars to make way. Bike stores their street transformations rather than top-down. They
are selling out of stock. will be permanent, part help cities be more inclusive.
of a shift towards more And they provide cross-cutting
Shifting the balance of public sustainable, more livable benefits. As governments
space from cars to walkers and urbanism. Our experience search for ways to respond to
bikers can not only help during working on “complete streets” and recover from COVID-19,
the pandemic but provides interventions in Brazil has complete streets should be
wider-ranging benefits, too. taught us valuable lessons high on the priority list.
by Ani Dasgupta Expanding bike infrastructure about what it takes to scale
Global Director
WRI Ross Center for and pedestrianising streets up and maintain street
Sustainable Cities

FACE The U.S. Department of Transportation 2.1 million for highway and motor carriers.
(U.S. DOT) will send approximately 15.5
In response to COVID-19 public health
MASKS million cloth facial coverings to the nation’s emergency, the focus at U.S. DOT has been
transportation workforce.
keeping transportation systems safe and
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The cloth facial coverings secured by the
come back strong. Response measures
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
www.avagroup.net.au have included stakeholder outreach and
will be mailed out over the coming weeks.
The distribution of these includes 4.8 million guidance, expanded Federal financial
assistance, and regulatory relief.
for mass transit and passenger rail, as well as
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