Creating safer spaces for cycling and walking during the Covid-19 pandemic – LINKS

New Zealand First Country To Fund Pop-Up Bike Lanes, Widened Sidewalks During Lockdown

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/04/13/new-zealand-first-country-to-fund-pop-up-bike-lanes-widened-sidewalks-during-lockdown/#2b374776546e

NZ Transport Agency: Innovating Streets for People pilot fund

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roads-and-rail/innovating-streets/about/pilot-fund

Covid-19 pandemic: Researchers and scientists call on government to enable safe walking and cycling.

https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/blog/2020/04/covid-19-pandemic-researchers-and-scientists-call-government-enable-safe-walking-and

World cities turn their streets over to walkers and cyclists

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/world-cities-turn-their-streets-over-to-walkers-and-cyclists?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Temporary bike lanes will help traffic during the pandemic in Budapest

https://koronavirus.budapest.hu/en/2020/04/06/temporary-bike-lanes-will-help-traffic-during-the-pandemic/

Prague Citizens Prefer Bicycle Over Other Means of Transport During Corona Crisis

https://www.cyclurban.eu/prague-citizens-prefer-bicycle-over-other-means-of-transport-during-corona-crisis/

Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2020/04/14/frustrated-with-the-lack-of-open-space-dc-residents-are-widening-sidewalks-themselves/

The Silicon Valley (CA) Bicycle Coalition sent a letter to every city in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties with three recommendations for safer streets

https://bikesiliconvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/200410-SVBC-covid-recommendations.pdf

Salt Lake City, Utah Prioritizes Plowing Snow from Bicycle Lanes with Downsized Street Maintenance Vehicles

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/livability/newsletter/april_2020/#story2

Towards aerodynamically equivalent COVID-19 1.5 m social distancing for walking and running

http://www.urbanphysics.net/COVID19_Aero_Paper.pdf

A simple contagion process describes spreading of traffic jams in urban networks

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15353-2

https://www.wired.com/story/traffic-spreads-like-disease/

Bogotá expands bike lanes to curb coronavirus spread

https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/news/news/bogota-expands-bike-lanes-overnight-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-5127

Do Not Ban Bicycling In Covid-19 Crackdown, Industry And Academics Urge U.K. Government

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/03/17/do-not-ban-bicycling-in-covid-19-measures-industry-urges-uk-government/#2110f1204db4

How might Mexico City fight coronavirus? Bike paths

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/covid-19-coronavirus-mexico-city-bike-paths/

In a Global Health Emergency, the Bicycle Shines

https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2020/03/coronavirus-bike-lane-emergency-transportation-covid-19/608725/

COVID-19 Temporary Bike Lanes – Sydney Harbour Bridge and Pacific Highway

https://www.bikenorth.org.au/2020/04/15/covid-19-temporary-bike-lanes-sydney-harbour-bridge-and-pacific-highway/?fbclid=IwAR3e4aLIsk40AOjK5ctEdSkdkEc5ozcEJFm9vvcgwb13r44m4TY54VeMYMU

Pressure grows on D.C. to close roads to give residents more room for walking, jogging, biking during covid-19 shutdown

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2020/04/15/pressure-grows-dc-close-roads-give-residents-more-room-walking-jogging-biking-during-covid-19-shutdown/

Covid-19 coronavirus: Government to fund extra wide footpaths to maintain 2m distancing

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12324256

How Your City Can Use Cycling to Cope With COVID-19

https://medium.com/@TransAlt/worldwide-cities-turn-to-cycling-to-cope-with-covid-19-9b8e429d829a

These Temporary Bike Lane Barriers Let Cities Experiment With Better Biking Infrastructure

https://www.fastcompany.com/40459179/these-temporary-bike-lane-barriers-let-cities-experiment-with-better-biking-infrastructure

Generously Fund Cycleways, Experts Say As Covid-19’s Spread Boosts Bicycle Use

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/03/22/generously-fund-cycleways-say-experts-as-covid-19s-spread-boosts-bicycle-use/#776c904d6b12

COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now

https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/03/covid-19-could-affect-cities-years-here-are-4-ways-theyre-coping-now

‘We must innovate’ – Councils under pressure to implement social distancing measures

https://headtopics.com/ie/we-must-innovate-councils-under-pressure-to-implement-social-distancing-measures-12455571