“Open space is literally going to save the city,” a restaurant owner says at the opening of one of Streetfilms’ most ambitious coronavirus videos exploring the need for the city to reclaim roadways from cars and repurpose them as outdoor dining zones. The restaurateur, John Clement of Clem’s, is one of more than a half-dozen […]

People are seeing how life is so much better when cars are banished from neighborhood streets and kids can just ... play (which reminds us of a song!).

"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," says a restaurant industry leader.

Imagine that: open streets, people walking, neighbors socially distancing while they get some air — and not a cop in sight.

Bill Roundy may be a cartoonist — you know, a guy who plays with crayons all day — but he’s not blind to the fact that everyone and his brother have been calling for substantive changes in how cities are run after the coronavirus crisis is over.

If spewing pollution over a city battling a respiratory disease is a salute, it's definitely the one-finger kind.

If you watch nothing else today, please watch this four-minute video by producers Jon Hsu and Law Chen featuring New York's hard-working delivery cyclists.

Oakland show how streets can be opened up for pedestrians without a lot of cops.

Golden State residents were openly mocking our mayor after he said that "in California, drivers stop at intersections even if there's no light or stop sign; they stop when people are trying to cross the street even in the middle of the street." They don't.

Mayor de Blasio will be forced — by law — to open up scores of miles of roadways for pedestrians and cyclists, thanks to a City Council bill that will be introduced next week.

Our Streetsblog San Francisco correspondent Roger Rudick has the whole story — complete with pictures showing the mayor flat-out lied about the East Bay experiment.