On March 23, when Denver Mayor Michael Hancock issued a stay-at-home order that went into effect at 5 p.m. March 24 to address the COVID-19 outbreak, he specifically mentioned people spotted the previous two days at crowded public places such as City Park and Washington Park, many of whom were not following social distancing recommendations while walking, running or cycling.
These parks remain open, but the folks at the Denver Streets Partnership, which describes itself as a “coalition of community organizations advocating for people-friendly streets in Denver,” fear that there simply isn’t enough room to allow everyone wanting out of the house to maintain six-feet-or-more gaps between them. To that end, the DSP is calling on Hancock to consider converting select Denver streets to “social distancing-compliant open spaces,” and is conducting a survey to get input from the public about which stretches should be made temporarily off-limits to cars, so that pedestrians, cyclists and the like can better spread out.
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