Dallas City Council Approves New Pilot Program for Parklets
“This pilot the city had before COVID hit had some requirements that were [changed] for this new program, and I think it’s going to make it a lot more flexible, especially with how restaurants might want to use it,” says Popken, board president of the Congress for the New Urbanism North Texas. “There are two models — privately owned parklet space or public-owned for anyone who chooses to sit there or park their bike there. “The pilot had been designed for a public space, so a private business wasn’t able to apply for a TABC permit for example. Now it’s public or private space....