![]() We acted quickly, with projects arriving in just days or weeks and using temporary materials. In less than seven years, we created 400 miles of bike paths, seven rapid bus routes, and launched 70 plazas citywide – reclaiming 180 acres of former street space. About 80% of public space in cities are its streets, an area equivalent to entire cities unto themselves.Īt the New York City department of transportation, where I served as commissioner under mayor Mike Bloomberg, we viewed the city’s 6,000 miles of streets as critical assets that could be used for more than just moving and parking cars. On most city streets, maintaining six feet of distance is a physical impossibility not because there isn’t enough space, but because the street space is poorly allocated. Space shouldn’t be the limitation of safe, healthy cities, and creating a six-foot city is a challenge not of epidemiology but of the geometry of street design. ![]() Cities where it’s possible to conduct many of life’s public activities safely – while maintaining the six feet of distance from one another that medical experts recommend – can mean the difference between a sputtering recovery that disrupts daily life, the global economy and democratic institutions, and a sustained, surging reopening that enables nations to grow and thrive, and not just survive. ![]()
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