TRANSFORMING OUR STREETS: In Response to Covid-19 1 R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 2020-05-20 STREETS HEAVY WITH BUSINESS THAT NEED OR BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL OPERATION SPACE STREETS THAT ARE FAR AWAY FROM PUBLIC OPEN SPACE (NO PARK NEARBY) STREETS THAT ALREADY HAVE LOCAL MECHANISMS IN-PLACE FOR FESTIVALS OR STREET CLOSURES STREETS WITH PARKING NEARBY AND ABILITY TO SERVICE THROUGH ALLEY OR OTHER MEANS Continuing to spend billions on bail-outs is not sustainable, and roads represent infrastructure investments that the government has already paid for. Small businesses, restaurants, bars, and artisans define the urban fabric of our cities and towns. As designers and curators of the built environment, we acknowledge that economies are opening before experts, scientists and epidemiologists would like, and we must seek solutions that aid our communities in the re-opening process. In this case, we as designers don’t need to be overly clever. Business owners are proficient and resourceful. We must give them the space to be the creatives. In the following pages, we’ve thought through how to close streets, how they might help business, and offer safer pedestrian movement: We’ve illustrated how it might all work. We’ve also identified a half dozen ways businesses could potentially capture this additional operational space, but we have no doubt businesses will find new and additional ways to use the sidewalk and street. Temporarily offering street-space to businesses gives our local governments a cost-effective tool to help small businesses function at a higher capacity. 2 Using our infrastructure in additional ways can help balance the toll of the virus with the toll on the economy. This is paramount to saving lives and saving businesses. STREET CLOSURES STREETS HEAVY WITH BUSINESS THAT BENEFIT FROM SOCIAL PRESENCE In order to help businesses, cities should maximize the investments they’ve already made. R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 IDENTIFYING STREETS “...roads represent infrastructure investments that the government has already paid for.” *SIDEWALKS TOO NARROW TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC REMAINS: BUSINESSES TAKE PARKING/BIKE ZONE, *SIDEWALKS TOO NARROW TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC CLOSED: BUSINESSES TAKE MORE STREET, AND PEDESTRIANS USE WIDE CENTER FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 REAL OR PERCIEVED, BUSINESS SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT MUCH OF THE PUBLIC WILL FEEL SAFER OUTDOORS. GENERIC STREET: ANALYSIS GENERIC ROAD CONDITION: DRAWN ON SUBSEQUENT PAGES ADDED 5400 SF 32 POTENTIAL TABLES *SIDEWALK PEDESTRIANS CANNOT MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE ADDED 9200 SF 76 POTENTIAL TABLES * SIDEWALK PEDESTRIANS ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE 3 While coronavirus transmissions can happen outdoors, the risk is much lower than it is indoors, recent studies show. In one study of 7,300 cases in China, only one case was connected to outdoor transmission, The New York Times reported. 133818 01 18133818 . DNIDVH3A31 01 38133818 via-11Maw?"mum-mu .3. 3? . PEDESTRIAN: WIDER 2-WAY TRAVEL ZONE SOCIAL DISTANCING ZONE 6 SOCIAL DISTANCING ZONE R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL *CLOSED SIDEWALKS FOR WIDER/SAFER PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS RETAIL EXTENSIONS CASUAL CAFE FARMERS MARKET FOOD TRUCK 7 R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 OPPORTUNITY ZONE: SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTAURANT SEATING WORK SPACE CASUAL DINING FITNESS - YOGA HAIR CUT/BARBER DOG RUN ADA RAMPS (PLYWOOD CONSTRUCTION) (PROVIDED BY MUNICIPALITY) TEMPORARY PARTITIONS (PROVIDED BY MUNICIPALITY) 8 TEMPORARY SIX FOOT MARKINGS BY MUNICIPALITY OR LOCAL ARTIST BREAK-AWAY BOLLARDS (4X) (EMERGENCY ACCESS) (PROVIDED BY MUNICIPALITY) ADAPTED STREET USE: TECHNICAL PARTITION BASED ON LOT DIMENSIONS (OWNER PURVIEW) R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 CONCRETE JERSEY BARRIERS (PROVIDED BY MUNICIPALITY) *MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE: 8X JERSEY BARRIERS, 4-10 PLYWOOD ADA RAMPS, 2-4 BREAK-AWAY BOLLARDS, 100-300 FEET PARADE FENCING 9 R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 PERSPECTIVE VIEW : EXISTING CONDITION PERSPECTIVE VIEW: ADAPTED CONDITION working together, from the center 10 R E -P URP OS ED S TREE TS : A RESP ONS E TO CO VID -19 Center circulation at 18 FEET offers SAFER and wider two-way pedestrian flow. REMAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING ZONE (VACATED SIDEWALK) PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL REMAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING ZONE (VACATED SIDEWALK)