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Cities are making covid-era street changes permanent. Some are facing pushback. Michael Laris, Luz Lazo © Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post People enjoy a stretch of Beach Drive, which was closed to weekday car traffic in April. Many cities that shut streets during the pandemic are looking at how to keep some of the changes in place. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Paris barred most cars from the majestic road that goes past the Louvre Museum, then months later announced it would keep it that way. New York followed suit, making permanent a program that clears space ...

Beverly Scott Jarrett Walker PART 1: HOW THE PANDEMIC WALLOPED TRANSIT SYSTEMS When Americans were told to avoid crowded spaces, that meant buses and trains, subways and streetcars. Our policy hackers outlined what happened in the months that followed, and some of the lessons policymakers learned along the way. Widespread service cuts Nationally, transit ridership fell by 80 percent, so it’s no wonder that many agencies dialed service way back. Some switched to a weekend schedule or stopped late-night service. But hackathon participants said those cutbacks soon created new problems. Essen...

Ridership plummeted and may never come back. We asked 12 thought leaders to game out where city transit systems should go from here.