CalBike Webinar: Improving our Communities with Slow Streets

CalBike Webinar: Improving our Communities with Slow Streets

The Slow Streets movement wasn’t new when the pandemic hit in 2020. Berkeley had restricted traffic on neighborhood streets that became bike boulevards decades earlier. But the sudden demand for safe space to walk and bike when everyone was staying home fueled a surge in Slow Streets.  Slow Streets are shared spaces where only local car traffic is permitted and people walking, biking, and rolling take precedence in the street. Cars must travel s…