Proud of @OakDOT today. I personally struggled with what our approach should be, but Oakland& #39;s Slow Streets program hits the exact right notes: don& #39;t #bancars but do #slowstreets by discouraging thru traffic on residential streets. https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/oakland-slow-streets">https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/...

With this approach, we can be also realistic about limited staff resources during #COVID19 by lifting up existing adopted plans and by "installing" with some dropped off cones & A-frames.

A lot of folks were interested in full shutdowns, much like our beloved Oaklavia events. But that takes *days* staff time pre- and during, disrupts bus lines, and requires traffic safety enforcement. It also creates a destination!

That& #39;s not the model for this moment. It& #39;s not realistic, and it& #39;s not safe, so please don& #39;t ask your city DOT for it. Instead, ask how you can support a super distributed network of quiet streets, where the only people #slowstreets touring are ... people reading these tweets https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😆" title="Smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes">

And to be clear, I didn& #39;t work on our program! But I am grateful for my colleagues& #39; work, and I& #39;m proud that two of the first #slowstreets are shining the spotlight (& lightening the load haha!) on some freshly paved streets in our local streets program (a la #thesmoothening). https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌" title="Raising hands" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands">