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1. 4Gen Ventures
Slow Down Your Streets
April 2020
LONDON BOSTON NEWCASTLE

2. “Slow down the street” (click to review detailed article)
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• The Covid-19 lock-down has dramatically reduced car traffic and pollution
• Despite the health and economic trauma from Covid-19, there have been some
good aspects
• Many cities have the lowest pollution levels on record
• Cities have vastly expanded the share of trips by walking and by bike
• Some cities are seizing this opportunity to “slow down the streets”
• Over 50 cities around the world per the attached Google spreadsheet
• The post-Covid future for cities is likely binary, depending on their strategy
• Scenario 1: “Slow down the street”: reclaim 10-40% of streetscape for humans
• Scenario 2: “Wall-e world”: humans retreat into home and car bubbles
• Our goal in today’s workshop is to hear from experts in mobility:
• What are different cities doing to reclaim their streets during Covid lock down
• What are some of the key barriers
• What are some effective strategies to overcome these barriers
• What are the potential long-term strategies to reconfigure cities around people

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April 11, Oakland CA
74 Miles (10% of streets) turned to “Slow Streets”
- Declare "Road Closed to Through Traffic"
- City Provided Signage/Barricades at Key Locations.
- Promote Physically Distant Physical Activity.

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April 21, Milan, Italy
22 Miles turned to “Strade Aperte” (Open Streets)
-temporary cycle lanes
-widened pavements,
-pedestrian and cyclist priority streets
- reduced speed limits in the city centre to 20 Mph

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March 13, Bogota, Colombia
In 2019, Bogota was the most congested city in the world, per INRIX
47 Miles of new bike-friendly streets post Covid
13 Miles of car-lanes converted overnight into bike only
April 22, Paris, France
650 km (403 Miles) of bikeways
€ 300M invested in infrastructure and pop-up Corona routes
Paris Mayor – Anne Hidalgo had previously aimed for every street to be safe by 2024
April 21, San Francisco, CA
12 streets in City Center converted to bike/walk

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Momentum on “slow streets” is growing globally
Source Mike Lydon https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tjam1v0NLUWkYedIa4dVOL49pyWIPIyGwRB0DOnm3Ls/edit#gid=0; Google searches
Note: Please provide email updates on the above Google spreadsheet or email at dominic@4genventures.com and we will try to update or correct, some cities not
added because date information was missing, cities with 3 Miles or more of new bikeable/walkable lanes

7. VIA THIS
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8. MOBYCON.COM

9. MOBYCON.COM

10. 3 KEY MESSAGES
1. ACT NOW.
2. Perfection is the enemy of good.
3. Bend the rules. Be creative.
We can help.

11. INFO@MOBYCON.COM . WWW.MOBYCON.COM
Lennart Nout
Manager of International Strategy
@lennartnout
l.nout@mobycon.com
Innovative mobility solutions make us less dependent on the car

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US HWY 41 – BRADENTON, FL

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GATEWAY DRIVE – ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL

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BROADWAY AVE – WEST PALM BEACH, FL

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Mobility in NYC during the coronavirus pandemic and drawing comparisons with the Netherlands
Challenges
• Policing
• Overcrowding
• Access for emergency vehicles
• NYC is special
• Political will
Open Streets Plan
• Call to action from Gov. Cuomo
• 4 locations in Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx
• Total 1.6 mi
• Simple steel barricades; printed
signs
• Cancled after 11 days
Current Situation
• Global epicenter of the pandemic
• Stay-at-home order, non-essential businesses closed or
working virtually
• Maintain mental and physical health
• Limited space on sidewalks and in parks for social
distancing
Stats
• 60% decrease in congestion on city streets
• 67% increase in Citibike ridership
• 52% increase in cycling on bridges
• 68% decrease in cyclist injuries citywide
• Increase in speeding (288% on Brooklyn Queens Expy)

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Mobility in NYC during the coronavirus pandemic and drawing comparisons with the Netherlands
Netherlands New York City
Activism “Stoop de Kindermoord”
Crisis Oil embargo of 1973 Coronavirus Pandemic
Temporary Policy + Infra Car-free Sundays; traffic calming
Changes
Permanent Policy + Infra
Changes: Bicycle Culture
Pop-up bike lanes; DIY
tactical urbanism; Open
Streets Plan
Shared street space; separated
bike lanes; prioritization of
cycling
“Die-in” Summer 2019;
Livable Streets Movement
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Political will

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Mobility in NYC during the coronavirus pandemic and drawing comparisons with the Netherlands
What’s Next
• Actions taken in the next months
will set the stage for mobility and
public space for years to come.
1. Tactical Urbanism ->
Open/Slow streets
2. Regression to “Seinfeld era”
NYC
• Combined pressure from activism
and the crisis leads to political
will for change.
• Open Streets Bill
• Agreement between mayor
and city council -> 40-100
miles of open streets

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This is your
movement too!!

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Covid-19 Liveable Streets Response Strategies – Mike Lydon 113 cities
Local actions to support walking and cycling – Tabitha Combs 95 cities
Emerging Macro Lists of Street Strategies