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Open Streets for Whom?

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  • Dani Slabaugh
  • Jeremy Németh
  • Alessandro Rigolon

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for cities to close streets to automobile traffic in the name of public health. Although these interventions promise numerous benefits, neighborhood activists and scholars of color suggest they can perpetuate structurally racist inequities. In this Viewpoint, we implore planners and other city builders to think critically about the impact of these interventions by employing an environmental justice framework. Applying this framework in the open streets context exposes several potential paradoxes that arise. We conclude with a set of best practices that can help city builders transcend these paradoxes and extend this livability revolution to all.

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  • Dani Slabaugh & Jeremy Németh & Alessandro Rigolon, 2022. "Open Streets for Whom?," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 88(2), pages 253-261, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjpaxx:v:88:y:2022:i:2:p:253-261
    DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2021.1955735
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