Oakland’s Open Streets: How they do it, what they look like

Thank you, Streetfilms, for a close-up look at what Oakland, California’s ‘Open Streets’ look like.  The lessons for Vancouver are immediately obvious, given the similarities.  (Click title above for video.)

Exclusive Streetfilms look at the open streets program in Oakland which is currently 10 miles but being expanded to 74 miles to allow pedestrians, cyclists and other alternative modes to be able to maintain social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Now they’re being called ‘Open Streets’.  Previously they were Slow Streets.  And sometimes Flow Streets.  But by any name, they’re now more complete streets.