COVID. Pros and Cons of Car Free Streets.

The Pros of streets that local governments have closed to through traffic because of COVID:

• restaurants and cafes have COVID appropriate dining space
• bars have benefited from outdoor drinking space

The Cons of streets that local governments have closed to through traffic because of COVID:

• Retailers say it limits customer access to their storefronts

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