A new streetscape will be emerging, as suburbs are willing to let restaurants place tables on public land near their eateries. That means closing roads or using parks or public plazas or allowing restaurants to set up tables on parking spaces. Chicago has a vexing parking meter problem which vastly complicates letting city restaurants put tables on many city streets.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.