Showing What Streets Can Be Without Traffic.

The article reports on the success of Transportation Alternatives in winning the Car-Free Sundays on the Grand Concourse in Bronx, New York City. The move demonstrates the feasibility of giving streets over to pedestrians and bicyclists and serve the catalysts for more permanent, pro-pedestrian street changes. It also marks the significant milestone in terms of encouraging neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs to undertake their own car-free events. To ensure the future success of car-free days, the city should move beyond one-time street closures and endeavor to schedule consecutive events to get everyone in the habit of participating in them.