One of the many important and/or enjoyable sustainable transportation-related events that happened last weekend (more on that tomorrow) was last Saturday’s PARK(ing) Day 2025, organized by the Chicago Growth Project. The event took place on the parking lots of Dovetail Brewery, Belle Plaine and Ravenswood avenues, and Demo Brewery, Berteau and Ravenswood avenues, a mere…

The owner of Se7en Bites in Orlando turned over 49 parking spots outside her eatery for artists to color as a form of protest.

Grätzloasen – low-cost, urban ‘parklets’ built by volunteers – are on the rise in Vienna as sceptics are being won over by the splash of welcome greenery and boost to community spirits

This Park(ing) Day, 175 groups across multiple countries transformed curbside parking stalls into bedrooms, terraces, living spaces and more.

Houston Street parking meter spaces will be transformed this week to celebrate International Park(ing) Day and create temporary green spaces for San Antonians and visitors to enjoy.

Houston Street parking meter spaces will be transformed this week to celebrate International Park(ing) Day and create temporary green spaces for San Antonians and visitors to enjoy.

Redwood City will turn parking lots into parks, starting with a project next to the public library in early 2025.

A tiny park is coming to the Bagelshop as part of the Civic Design Center programming

Local businesses and community organizations can apply to host a parklet or street café for the 2024 season.

Restaurateurs are reconsidering the worth of their outdoor dining structures.

COVID-19 is helping parklets mushroom in Helsinki and other Finnish cities, ushering a quiet revolution in street space distribution.

After nearly two years of dining and shopping in parking spaces outside of local businesses, Alexandria wants to start charging rent. City Council will review a staff proposal on Tuesday (March 8) to start charging annual rent to business owners for their use of parklets -- converted parking spac

What began in 2005 as Park(ing) Day evolved into part of a global movement for transforming city streets.

Who pays for parklets? What can they look like? Here’s your guide to SLO’s new permanent parklet program.

A spike in car ownership, dining sheds and the comeback of alternate-side parking are making it tougher than ever to find spaces.

PARK(ing) Day returns to the City and County of Denver as we join other cities around the world in temporarily reclaiming on-street parking spaces for people places, or “parklets.” PARK(ing) Day is an annual event that encourages businesses, community groups, and other organizations to reimagine parking spaces and public streets as vibrant, people-friendly places.

It may not be as busy, carefree, or easy to participate in as we've come to expect, but this year's patio season could just be the most joyful in T...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many parklets have been deployed onto kerbside carparking spaces throughout Melbourne, Australia, by street-fronting hospitality businesses, to provide socially-dista...

But you still have a chance to raise one last glass in the award-winning space before Dec. 23.

The California Coastal Commission approves regulation forcing restaurants near the shoreline with street seating to replace lost parking spots or shut down al fresco dining

Restaurants and shopowners hit with hefty new fees and fines

Around 40 bars and restaurants have participated in the parklet pilot program so far.

By John Bela, ASLA On a clear fall day in 2005, a group of friends and collaborators from the art collective Rebar commandeered an 8-foot-wide by 20-foot-long metered parking space in downtown San …

By early 2020, San Francisco had created 70 parklets in every corner of the city, and the city’s parklet program had become a model around the world.

City Council is considering making the Covid-outdoor dining scene permanent in Philly. That’s great news for local businesses.

The pandemic forced cities to rewrite the rules of the road and engage residents in the process.

Parklets that became commonplace during the pandemic could become permanent fixtures on revitalized Main Streets across the state.

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

The survey gauged close to 2,500 northeastern Illinois residents’ attitudes toward key quality of life factors, such as transportation, open space, and housing, and what they considered successes a…

Outdoor dining and slow streets programs are chipping away at Southern California’s deference to cars.