Government guidance is to encourage local authorities to make adjustments to busy areas of towns and cities to make walking and cycling easier, and to allow social distancing to be more easily maintained. One of the adjustments in York is that this road, Coppergate, is now a one way street with traffic running towards the camera, and the walkways have been widened with the use of the orange and white barriers.
These arrangements are temporary, but hopefully some of the changes will become permenant benefits for those of us who walk or cycle.
Very nice scene. Pavements have not been widened here, instead restaurants have taken up many of them and very often you have to walk on the road with the risk of being a passing vehicle. As far as traffic is concerned Covid worked well to reduce traffic on the roads.
Thank you all for your comments, they are very much appreciated.
I'm pleased that these changes are being made. They are temporary, but hopefully this will show what is possible in making the city centre more pleasant and safer for pedestrians, and some of the changes will be retained, and any permenant changes will see the removal of the temporary barriers and more suitable street engineering will be done to fit the changes into the historical context of the city centre.
Ian
June 27th, 2020
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Great shot of the street.
Thank you all for your comments, they are very much appreciated.
I'm pleased that these changes are being made. They are temporary, but hopefully this will show what is possible in making the city centre more pleasant and safer for pedestrians, and some of the changes will be retained, and any permenant changes will see the removal of the temporary barriers and more suitable street engineering will be done to fit the changes into the historical context of the city centre.
Ian