“Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge: Transportation Infrastructure as Public Space”.
We’ve invited leaders in urban design, transportation, and public policy to share their ideas, and offer insight into how cities can redesign existing bridges, parks, plazas, and streets to be better well into the future.
On a typical day, over 10,000 pedestrians and 2,600 bicyclists traverse the Brooklyn Bridge using a pathway as narrow as 10 feet in some places. In normal times, these conditions could be described as uncomfortable. In the context of a pandemic, they are dangerous.
As sheltering orders ease, we know the Brooklyn Bridge and the City at large cannot return to business as usual. How can we welcome people back to our streets and public spaces, while observing immediate needs for social distancing? How can we make people comfortable and safe, ensuring our infrastructure serves pedestrians and cyclists now and for the long term?
Panelists include:
– Allison Arieff, Editorial Director, SPUR
– Laura Bliss, West Coast Bureau Chief, CityLab (moderator)
– Jennifer Bradley, Director, Center for Urban Innovation, Aspen Institute
– Tamika Butler, Director of Planning, California and Director of Equity and Inclusion, Toole Design
– Shin-Pei Tsay, Director, Policy, Cities and Transportation, Uber
Date: Thursday May 28, 2020
Time: 3:30 PM Pacific Time
You can register at this link.
Please submit any questions to: vai@vanalen.org
Images: Streetsblog
Converting the bridge to pedestrian only enables some interesting upgrades for the bridge approaches.
This sounds great!! I totally look forward to it! Thanks so much, Sandy! 🙂