Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Coronavirus

Image source: Derrick Pollack/Creative Commons

During COVID-19, Lime and Bird Pull Back; Spin Steps Up

By Kea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments

In the midst of a pandemic, is micromobility another way to spread the virus — or more important than ever before?

Five Ways to Add Cycling to COVID-19 Self Care

By Courtney Cobbs | Mar 18, 2020 | No Comments

The coronavirus threat is a crisis, but it's also an opportunity to discover or rediscover the physical, mental, and emotional health benefits of cycling.

Too many states don't make it easy for voters to cast their ballot without a car — and in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, we must change that now more than ever. Source: My Northwest.

Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2020 | No Comments

It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.

Many people have open spaces right in front of their homes, what if we discouraged driving on them and opened them up to safely-distanced play?
Photo: Sam Balto

Op-Ed: Let's Open Our Streets For Social Distancing

By Sam Balto | Mar 17, 2020 | No Comments

Now more than ever, it's time to give walkers and bikers more space on our roads.

A twenty mile per hour neighborhood speed limit saves lives in the best of times. In a pandemic, it can make the difference between an overburdened hospital system and one that's strained to a breaking point. Source Creative Commons.

Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.