NYC Green Cart program (2008)
New York City issued permits for 1,000 mobile produce carts to sell fresh fruit and vegetables in low-income neighborhoods. The program folded street vendors into formal regulation instead of leaving them unlicensed.
More vendors got legal permits and underserved areas gained fresh-produce access.
The program became a model for structured mobile food vending in other cities.
Shows how cities build formal permit paths for vendors who once operated informally; Salt Lake County's food establishment license works the same way for a one-day market booth.
