This week marks the return of Open Streets season in Montreal, featuring some of the best pedestrian streets in North America.
It’s a powerful example of what’s possible when we prioritize people over automobiles on even just a small fraction of our streets.
📍 Montreal 🇨🇦
What began as a pilot 10 years ago has become one of Boston’s most beloved traditions. Open Newbury Street brings together residents, families, and visitors, supports local commerce, and has helped reshape conversations around how we allocate space on our urban streets.
The 43rd Annual Providence Saint John's Health Center Brentwood Run will occupy the streets for the morning hours on the Sunday before Memorial Day.
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and WHY do we love narrow streets so much? Because we unconsciously perceive wide streets like the Swedish cartoonist Karl Jilg does here: extremely perilous space, especially for young children.
Very narrow streets mean slow vehicle speeds, smaller vehicles, maybe people using golf carts instead of carts ... safe, slow transport.