In addition to dozens of new kilometers of pop-up style bike pathsthe Lisbon City Hall announced today the recovery of the program The Street Is Yours with a new dynamic. In all, and according to the municipality, there will be more than 100 interventions until the end of the year with the objective of giving more space to people in the streets, helping to maintain distance in the access to commerce and restaurants, and in pedestrian mobility.
Priority will be given to waiting areas associated with basic activities, such as food retail, restaurants, health facilities, pharmacies, and public transportation stops, and new leisure areas will be created. The project also foresees the mitigation of heat islands with the creation of shadow spaces and the promotion of urban art interventions.
The more than 100 interventions will consist of:
- Clear sidewalks;
- Widening sidewalks with suppression of car traffic lanes;
- Widening of sidewalks for pedestrian circulation or implementation of esplanades with suppression of continuous or alternating car parking;
- Creating coexistence zones;
- Strong enlargement of the 30 km/h zones;
- Installation of signage for safe pedestrian circulation;
- Relocation of street furniture to ensure the necessary social distance;
- Placement of obstacles (flower boxes/pillars) to prevent automobile access.
Among the interventions announced in the scope of the The Street Is Yours are some of the works planned during the ZER ABC project, however postponednamely the pedestrianization of Rua Garret and Rua Nova da Trindade, or the widening of the sidewalk in Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara. But there is more: the closing a section of Avenida da Igreja to traffic during the weekend, widening the sidewalks on Rua de Belém or widening the pedestrian area near the markets of Penha de França and Arroios.
The complete program of the The Street Is Yours can be consulted in full here. Next, you can take a look at some of the planned interventions.
The Street Is Yours was an initiative that, for several weeks, closed the Avenida da Liberdade and Ribeira das Naus on Sundays.
