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Cities like Los Angeles worked fast during the COVID-19 pandemic to radically change the way we think about sidewalks, curbs and parking areas. Many of the changes government and businesses made are here to stay.

Among its many impacts, the pandemic has led to soaring demand for curb space in cities across the country. Now cities from Aspen to Nashville are experimenting with smart zones, apps, and other tools that can help manage this essential piece of urban infrastructure.

L.A. 25×25 pushes to give 25 percent of street space back to the people by 2025 – expanding Slow Streets, outdoor dining, plazas, green space, bus shelters, tree planting, pedestrian spa…

Grüne und SPD wollen in Berlin-Mitte jeden vierten Parkplatz umwidmen. Ein Entwurf für die Zählergemeinschaft der beiden Parteien beschreibt, wie die Straßen des Bezirks grüner, und die Kreuzungen sicherer werden sollen.

PRN board member Mike Kwan reflects on his Parking Day, what he learned about his community and what is sacrificed for cars

A surge in electric-powered mobility devices during the pandemic is likely to become a lasting feature, transforming the New York City streetscape.

The debate onrenegotiating andredistributing publicspace represents, duringthis dramatic pandemic,a great resource.We discussed this withKristian Koreman,Fabrizio Prati, Gideon Boieand Ma Yansong.

New York City can use our 32,000 acres of roadway to prevent flooding and adapt to climate change, support transportation alternatives and better goods movement, and expand access to economic opportunity. Here's how.

City infrastructure for micromobility must provide a safer rider experience.

UK roads are already jam-packed and that looks set to get worse as more people snap up EVs.

New U.N. climate report underscores the need to invest in infrastructure that encourages active mobility, get people back on public transit, and have cities reclaim roadways, writes Lime CEO Wayne Ting.

As America recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, some New Yorkers are deciding whether to keep their newly purchased cars.

Instead of letting new spaces languish during “off hours,” let’s time share the public right-of-way throughout the day. by Josh…

Here’s how we can become a place for people instead of cars.

New York City isn’t dead. Anyone who's enjoyed a beverage or a bite at one of the city’s hopping, vibrant Open Street eateries can tell you that. For

Since 2007, the Slovenian capital has been redesigning its city center so that certain areas are reserved exclusively for pedestrians and cyclists, with already visible results

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, streets have become an integral part of our public health infrastructure—they’re spaces to walk, exercise, play...

It’s in the public interest for cities to convert the parking lanes of their major streets to outdoor seating, with chairs and tables. On the commercial avenue of the modern city, land use at…

The rules of restaurant spaces are up for grabs as the city’s Department of Transportation looks to the future of street and sidewalk seating.

CLEARWATER — There’s a glimmer of nightlife in downtown Clearwater. Sandwiched between North Osceola Avenue and North Garden Avenue along the 400 and 500 blocks of Cleveland Street, patrons gather on a recent weekend for Sip and Stroll, an outdoor food and drink event that has been happening the third Saturday of every month since October 2020. It started as a way for Clearwater restaurants to ...

Companies can make centralized deliveries to the hub and then use more sustainable methods to get them to your door. It’s a testing ground for experiments to improve our new delivery-based economy.

During the pandemic, Boston converted parking spots into more pedestrian-friendly spaces. Here's why readers want to keep it that way.

Pedestrians and cyclists will have priority over cars on five city centre streets while parking spaces will be replaced with trees and benches

The pandemic we just lived through caused deep changes not only in the health and economic sectors, but also in transportation. As local enterprises had to reinvent ways they do business, mobility dynamics changed as

The restaurants who needed them to survive? The humans who endured the pandemic city? Or their old owners, cars?

The 15-Minute City states that all people should have access to all the goods and services they would need within 15 minutes of their home

Across the world governments are rushing to meet the increasing demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. In the UK a ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars has been brought forward from 2040 to 2030. Recent reports have found that in order to achieve such targets, electric vehicle chargepoints must be fitted five times fasterRead More

A pandemic-era surge in online shopping is clogging city streets with freight vehicles. Here’s how cities can take them back.

A new analysis finds that streets take up about 18% of urban space in major U.S. counties. That’s $959 billion worth of land.

The outdoor dining set-ups many restaurants created due to COVID-19 restrictions took over 8,500 parking spots away from the city.