Outdoor dining
Empty Bike and Bus Lanes Are A Feature, Not a Bug
People stuck in a car in a lane next to a bus or bike lane shouldn’t be mad at the bus or the bike lane. If they had access to the bus or bike lane, it, too, would quickly clog with cars and trucks.
June 11, 2025
Pandemic Dining Program Added Outdoor Cafés to 17 Neighborhoods that Never Had Them
And the "open restaurants" initiative was also a boon to especially blue collar districts of color outside of Manhattan, according to a new report.
January 23, 2023
Opinion: Cities Need Covered Outdoor Dining Year-Round!
Let's open the door to innovative ideas and solutions to re-social and redefine how we share public space safely (and save the restaurant industry).
November 4, 2022
STREETFILMS: The Peaceful Pedestrian Plazas of Paris … And What They Can Teach Us
Pedestrianization: It's the past — and the future — of cities.
July 29, 2022
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.
November 29, 2021
The People Have Spoken: DOT Study Reveals Vast Support for Outdoor Dining
In Manhattan, the supposed epicenter of opposition, a city survey shows that 84 percent of residents support the "Covid huts." Citywide, 64 percent support them.
November 22, 2021
Streetsfilms Features the North End’s Outdoor Dining Streets Transformations
July 27, 2021
Portlanders Celebrate (And Question) New Cafes
For years local transportation reform activists have pushed City of Portland to go beyond car storage and driving and think more creatively about what we can do with our streets. And when calls for new uses of street space were made, it was often restaurant owners who lined up to say their business would perish without maximum access for car users.
June 26, 2020
