Schemes to reclaim city streets for pedestrians are flourishing during the Covid-19 pandemic

Parking is usually a hot-button issue in crowded cities. But restaurants are taking over spaces once reserved for cars, and to the surprise of owners, few are complaining.

Indianapolis closed Mass Ave. and other roads to vehicles during the coronavirus pandemic. Some businesses loved it. Here's why it can't continue.

SL Green, Red Apple Group and others have hit Icon Parking and its affiliates with at least 15 lawsuits since the start of the pandemic, alleging that the companies failed to make north of $7 million in rent payments.

In three short months 10 vacant schoolyards and parking lots in Portland have been transformed into miniature neighborhoods. These “traffic gardens” were created to give kids and families a place Read More »

Houston City Council has approved a proposal to allow restaurants to take over 50% of their parking spaces to expand outdoor dining capacity.

Outdoor spaces hastily fancified for low-risk dining are keeping thousands of U.S. restaurants from closing permanently. But crashing the dinner party are tropical storms, rats -- and the occasional out-of-control vehicle.

“We’re looking at that [year-round],” Hizzoner said at his Monday presser.

I had lunch in a mall parking garage, and it was actually just fine.

If there’s one thing America definitely doesn’t need any more of, it’s parking lots — and during COVID-19, communities across the U.S. are seizing that under-utilized asphalt for …

Harvard Medical School study comparing hospital car parks in 2019 to 2018 finds spike in October

Despite the fact that you are literally dying to see Tua Tagovailoa throw a pass wearing the aqua and orange, the Miami Dolphins can’t play football to entertain you right now.

“Plans… are in full swing. We are designing a permit process that will allow not just restaurants but bars, retail, and personal service businesses to access the right-of-way.”— Margaux Weeke, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s office The food scene in Portland needs no introduction, but it does need more space. For restaurant, coffee shop and food cart Read More »

Every summer, Philly residents can apply for permits to turn their block into a playground for kids, no cars allowed. This year, the rules are changing.

Berkeley is moving fast to expand outdoor dining

“This could be the best block party in the history of New York, but if we don’t get this right in the next three months, there will be a complete collapse of the tax base of the city,&#…

You might be seeing parking space–sized seating areas pop up outside of restaurants, cafes, and more all over the city.

The needs of the logistics sector have been ignored by the Government in its guidance for managing urban streets during the coronavirus lockdown, says the Freig

Sunshine Mills Winery converts its parking lot to drive-in theater.

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association is asking San Francisco leaders to allow restaurants to temporarily expand outdoors as shelter-in-place lifts.

This post is part of a special series on curb management and COVID-19. A joint effort of IPMI, Transportation for America, and ITE’s Complete Streets Council, this series strives to document the immediate curbside-related actions and responses to COVID-19, as well as create a knowledge base of strategies that communities can use to manage the curbside during future emergencies.

The demand for parking is down 90% — and across America, entrepreneurs are finding ways to repurpose empty lots.

Along streets suddenly devoid of traffic, pedestrians get a fresh look at all the space that motor vehicles have commandeered.

With Major League Baseball shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, why are the parking lots of some stadiums filled with cars? We have the answer.

Examines the adaptive re-use of parking spaces as the demand for such spaces decreases and the trend of parking lot vacancy accelerates.

San Diego firms, from hoteliers and retailers to technology manufacturers, are grappling with how to survive amid evaporating revenues and devastating losses of their employees

We will temporarily suspend enforcement of paid and time-limited street parking to support residents sheltering at home and essential workers

The city is also suspending three other parking bylaws.

During California's stay at home order, city leaders say they will not be enforcing most parking citations.

Mayor Erin Mendenhall has made another emergency declaration in response to the coronavirus pandemic, waiving parking enforcement in some areas of the city.