ABSTRACT
Cities in the United States and globally have established goals and values aligning with SDGs that reflect a desire to mitigate climate change, promote equity, encourage social cohesion, improve safety, and promote physical activity. Cities control public space but most cities have prioritized private automobiles for decades. Cities have also been facing significant disruption in the norms in transportation over the last several decades. New technologies like transportation network companies (TNCs), e-scooters, and delivery apps shifted the way cities allocated public space for transportation. Autonomous vehicles pose a new challenge for considering how to design streets. And in 2020, a global pandemic shifted hubs and models of commerce in addition to typical methods of socializing while reducing travel to work. All of these disruptive forces yield moments to reconsider how to re-allocate public space for broader community uses that include a broader array of community residents. In this chapter, we will (1) identify the key values and goals within many cities based on SDGs, (2) describe the external disruptive forces affecting street design, (3) highlight a typology of case studies of rethinking streets under disruption, and (4) offer recommendations for rethinking streets to prioritize people to achieve key values. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Yizhao Yang and Anne Taufen;individual chapters, the contributors.