Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Open Streets

Car-Free Streets Draw Bigger Crowds in San Antonio Than Pro Sports

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 15, 2016 | 2 Comments

It’s hard to argue that people in Texas just aren’t into walking and biking after you watch the above video from the Rivard Report, which shows the overjoyed crowds at San Antonio’s Síclovía open streets event earlier this month. This was the tenth Síclovía, which happens twice a year. About 65,000 people came out to bike, jog, Zumba and play along […]

Will the Pope’s Visit Lead to Massive Car-Free Days in Philly?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 1, 2015 | 4 Comments

Since Pope Francis’s visit this weekend, #pOpenstreets has become a rallying cry in Philadelphia. The hashtag has turned into a collective record of photos and insights about the surprising amount of fun and freedom that city residents enjoyed when 4.7 square miles of the city center went car-free. Impromptu soccer games and bike rides, a lot […]

Miraculous! Philly’s Open Streets Open Eyes During Papal Visit

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 29, 2015 | 4 Comments

Father-son soccer in the street on 16th near Spruce pic.twitter.com/Mt47dbiHJo — Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) September 27, 2015 The official name for it was the “traffic box” — the 4.7-square-mile chunk of center city Philadelphia where incoming motor vehicles weren’t allowed when Pope Francis was in town this weekend. But rather than the traffic nightmare some anticipated, […]