Initiatives to pedestrianise streets and reclaim space from traffic for walking are happening overnight.

Initiatives to pedestrianise streets and reclaim space from traffic for walking that for decades have been seen by most cities as too hard are happening overnight.

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We are living through a period during which cities are changing much faster than usual. Lengthy and conservative cycles of planning, consultation, policy development, budgeting and implementation are being bypassed by accelerated delivery frameworks and temporary interventions…….

 

James Evans, Karen Lucas, Jim Walker and Bronwen Thornton, June 2020

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