As the pandemic shuttered businesses and schools across North America in March 2020, city transportation agencies were on the front lines. With most indoor gathering spaces shuttered for safety, city transportation agencies leapt into action to transform their vast networks of streets now nearly entirely empty of cars. In cities from New York to Los Angeles, streets became, and in many cases still remain, places for people – places to eat and play, places to sell and shop, places to go to school, and places to protest. In this session, we’ll hear from three cities who creatively and equitably repurposed their streets, going beyond outdoor dining by establishing a whole new direction for city streets as places for community.