while i love your van, at the moment i do think the car bans are a good idea.
when i'm out and about i see so many just pass each other as if it was pre covid, some stop in street to chat and gossip regardless of those trying to pass at safe distance.
and stepping into the road, maybe not the best idea, even with as little traffic as now.
dog owners are walking their dogs ...and dogs are stopping to sniff each other regardless of as govt guidelines
again forcing many into the road.
None of this is really bad, but right now it's not helping.
short term it helps..will they abuse it and make it long term...i can't lie..maybe
Jogger run past on pavements, at pace, puffing and leaving potential germs in their wake.
(*side note, not sure if you read already , but i think you ride solo, but advice is to ride abreast, rather then in line, as lead cyclist leaves a cloud of invisible droplets in their wake, and next riders breathes that cloud in constantly..so they say.
Would make side roads more safer, for all if no cars ?
i believe Barcelona and maybe the states, had an idea to make side streets a convoluted one way
so through traffic chose to go around rather then through districts.
have to suspect many IF possible won't trust Public Transport for a while, so will find alternative ways in to work
so i expect gridlock those first we weeks in major towns and cities.