Pedestrians, joggers and cyclists celebrated this week as Oakland rolled out its "Slow Streets" initiative amid the coronavirus shutdown.

Mayor Libby Schaaf said the goal was to give residents "more room to spread out safely." In all, 74 miles of streets, which is 10% of the city's total, will be closed to all through traffic. Oakland's program is the first large-scale closure of city streets during the coronavirus outbreak.

The city of Oakland website, where details and a map of the closed streets can be found, reads: "The Coronavirus pandemic is changing many aspects of how we live, move about our cities and get physical activity. The City of Oakland is launching Oakland Slow Streets to support this new way of life."

With a dramatic global improvement in air quality due to the lack of vehicles being driven during the crisis, many bicycle and anti-car advocates hope that street closures become the norm long after the pandemic-induced shutdown.

Here's how the first of the closed streets looked this week, and a map of the affected areas.