Street Plans Project Manager, Irene Balza, guest speaker at the 2023 CNU Florida Summit
Irene Balza, was a guest speaker at the 2023 Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Florida Summit held in Orlando, Florida in February.
Southern California Association of Governments GoHuman Campaign
Type: Tactical Urbanism Demonstration Project Series
Size: 11 Projects (6 Counties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura)
Status: Complete
Street Plans, together with Alta Planning + Design, designed and implemented seven Tactical Urbanism projects as part of the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG) Go Human region-wide safety and encouragement campaign. The primary goal of the Tactical Urbanism component of the campaign was to promote region-wide walking and biking, and allow residents to temporarily experience roadways that are designed for people – not just cars. The projects were implemented in 11 cities across the SCAG region during 2016-2017. Project types ranged from open streets events to demonstration projects (such as pop-up bike lanes and temporary traffic circles or curb extensions), depending on each city’s goals.
The first of the eleven projects was completed on October 2016 in Long Beach, CA. Dubbed “Activate Uptown,” the project featured an open streets event as well as a temporary bicycle boulevard. Street Plans led design and materials procurement for the bicycle boulevard, which included art crosswalks, a traffic circle, and other features. These temporary treatments allowed event attendees to experience an enhanced walking and biking boulevard, catalyzing momentum towards permanent change in the future. The second event occurred December 2016 in Cudahy, CA. This event featured a demonstration traffic circle, temporary bikeway markings, as well as a number of pedestrian safety improvements (such as curb extensions) near a local school. The third event in Garden Grove, CA featured demonstrations of protected bike lanes, art crosswalks, and a neighborhood greenway.
On Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 Street Plans implemented the second of seven demonstration projects in Cudahy, California, which featured a temporary protected bike lane, a pop-up traffic circle, and sidewalk extensions. This project also celebrated the kick-off to the LA River Upper Segment Revitalization Plan. The street safety projects not only slowed down traffic, but also created easier access to the LA River Bike Path.
Throughout the spring and summer of 2017, Street Plans helped deliver similar Tactical Urbanism projects in additional locations including the cities of Rialto, Rancho Cucamonga, and Riverside. The project series ended in June of 2017 with an Orange County project, in partnership with OC Parks and the cities of Anaheim and Yorba Linda.
Project Sponsors Press On For Next Phase Of DRI Developments
Dana Wall, Project Director at Street Plans, presented the firm’s District & Downtown placemaking experience to the City of Norwich, the Norwich BID, Commerce Chenango, & stakeholders on February 8, 2023.
Doyers Street | Chinatown NYC
In October 2022, Street Plans was hired by the NYC DOT to manage the design and implementation of Doyers Street in the historic neighborhood of Chinatown in New York City, working closely with the Chinatown BID.
Gates Avenue – Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Gates Avenue is the site of a reckless driving incident that claimed the life of a 3-year old child. It was important that any art in this space honor her memory & spirit, in a colorful way that sparks joy.
The Year of Open Space | Jersey City, NJ
The Year of Open Space is an initiative by the City of Jersey City to optimize their existing public spaces for a post-pandemic world & to create more innovative, non-traditional public spaces to better meet the community’s needs.
The Best New U.S. Bike Lanes
Cities from coast to coast stepped up to build world-class protected bicycle infrastructure in 2022. Street Plans was proud to be a part of #9 in NJ.
Street Plans’ Vanessa Rodrigues Lira Joins ARC’s 2023 Culture & Community Design Program Cohort
We’re proud to announce that Street Plans’ Vanessa Lira will be participating in this year’s ARC Culture and Community Design program in Atlanta.
How Tactical Urbanism Helped Conquer the Streets of Jersey City
While the safe streets movement has struggled with setbacks across the nation, Jersey City – Street Plans’ collaborative partner for the past 6 years, has been the exception.
How Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets
This town outside of NYC scored the biggest traffic safety success story of 2022. Street Plans helped the city write its ambitious bike master plan.
Traffic Engineers Blame YOU for THEIR Mistakes
Traffic engineers and transportation officials show a failure to take responsibility for how unsafe street design contributes to fatality rates – and instead place the blame wrongly on drivers.