Improving Access to Outdoor Dining Opportunities: Analyzing Constraints of LA Al Fresco

Madeline Brozen | Shinah Park | Elena Hernandez | Evelyn Blumenberg

This publication examines the relationship between eligibility for LA Al Fresco outdoor dining opportunities and street and sidewalk conditions across the city. We ask the following questions: How do the existing built environment and street characteristics constrain or enable participation in the LA Al Fresco program? How do constraints vary by neighborhood demographics? How do the patterns of eligibility relate to the patterns of participation? Looking ahead, what changes to the program should the city further consider as they make outdoor dining a more permanent part of Los Angeles’s streetscape?

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