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Some American cities are finally banning cars from hundreds of streets to give people room to social distance while exercising

A couple practice 'social distance' at an empty street as the spread of coronavirus disease continues, in Washington, U.S., April 2, 2020Stay-at-home orders have left Americans with little to do in the way of exercise. Luckily, some US cities have begun to open some streets for pedestrians as traffic volumes plummet. American cities are looking to reclaim road space for pedestrians to socially distance while getting outdoor exercise amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Oakland, California announced Thursday that 74 miles — a full 10% of its total street space — will open as part of an emergency measure called "Oakland Slow Streets." "Because of the reduction in car traffic we will be closing off a number of streets, so that bicyclists and pedestrians can spread out and exercise and take in fresh air safely," said Mayor Libby Schaaf during a"When we close our streets to cars we open them up to amazing possibilities, and Oakland Slow Streets is trying to send a message that we want Oaklanders to recreate in a socially-distanced manner, a physically-distanced manner," said Schaff.

Other cities have made similar street closures as stay-at-home orders eat into vehicle traffic and cause cabin fever:Philadelphia

 

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As one who lives in a town w/o sidewalks, this sounds great. However, there are so many people who still don’t get the concept of 6 ft. (or don’t care). Those who don’t put the rest of us in danger. (And it needs to be one way foot/bike traffic to be more effective.) StayAtHome

Seen everywhere in last U.S. crisis,moral hard is nowhere in this one.

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