Food Trucks

New York City Sidewalks Overflowing with Vibrancy, and Conflict

Jeremy Smerd describes the competition over sidewalk space in New York, as commerce overflows out of buildings and into public space.

May 2, 2012 - Crain's New York Business

An Indoor Food-Truck Court, High Above Manhattan

Glenn Collins reports on what has to be the most innovative, and convenient, food-truck location in the country, the vertical food-truck court in the top floors of the 81-year-old, 19-story Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea.

May 1, 2012 - The New York Times

CA Legislator Takes Aim at Food Trucks

A well-intentioned new bill that could nudge food trucks out of huge swaths of territory now faces backlash, explains Jonathan Kauffman.

February 23, 2012 - SF Weekly

The Growing Food Truck Industrial Complex

The food truck phenomenon is here to stay and stimulating tangential industries that include truck outfitters, permit expediters, lawyers lobbyists, website designers, and marketing professionals.

October 24, 2011 - The Atlantic

Food Trucks Bring Peace to Contested Park

Grey Park in Evanston, Illinois is used primarily by mentally ill residents of a nearby facility, who make the space uncomfortable for the general public. A community group brought in food trucks, and everyone came together over cupcakes.

September 6, 2011 - Project for Public Spaces blog

The Food Truck Backlash

Food trucks can be exciting for diners, but local businesses that face unexpected competition on their doorstep are less excited.

July 18, 2011 - The New York Times

Mobile Markets Bring Groceries to Food Deserts

Mogro is a new for-profit company in New Mexico that is targeting neighborhoods with little access to healthy food with temperature-controlled grocery trucks.

June 9, 2011 - GOOD Magazine

Competition Rising Among Food Trucks

Is the food truck craze "over"? The instant urbanism of the street food phenomenon is still highly popular, despite the media coverage saying the trend is facing a bubble.

May 31, 2011 - NPR

The Street Food Revolution

Shawna Dawson of this weekend's LA Street Food Fest says that the food truck phenomenon is "just at the tip of the iceberg."

July 22, 2010 - The Atlantic Monthly

Zoning for Food Trucks

Food trucks are hot in Los Angeles, but local restaurateurs are understandably upset by the surprise competition. Mobile vendors have banded together and established a "gourmet food lot" downtown as a sort of solution.

March 5, 2010 - GOOD Magazine

Policy Confusion Over Food Trucks

Food trucks are becoming an increasingly visible part of streetlife in many cities, but few have figured out how to deal with them from a policy standpoint.

February 7, 2010 - The City Fix

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