COVID Responses: What are cities doing?

Active Transportation

• Road space re-allocation for walking and cycling
• Fast-tracking pilot projects
• Reduced rates for bike share
• Affordable bike repair
• Affordable refurbished bicycles
• Tracking impact

Micromobility

• Supports:
  • Declared e-scooters as an essential business
  • Portland waived some of its e-scooter fees to make trips more affordable
  • Paris is incorporating express lanes in its post-covid recovery bike lane network for e-bikes
• Put on Pause:
  • Cities delaying license agreements until after state of emergency
  • Companies pulling out because lower ridership makes operation unviable