Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?

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By Kea WilsonOct 26, 2020, 12:01 am258 pts
“Slow streets” and “open streets” programs that were launched in response to COVID-19 were bigger successes than anyone realized — but some cities didn’t look at the metrics before they shut down popular programs, a new study reveals. Using anonymized cell phone data from pedestrians and cyclists…

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