The Street Plans Collaborative’s latest research project investigates and draws lessons from 20 markets across South America. To view and download The Mercados Project report, click here.
Street Plans teamed up with the New York-based advoacy group Transportation Alternatives to host a presentation and forum to solicit ideas on how to improve Jay Street in Brooklyn. Click here to read StreetsBlog NYC’s coverage of the event.
In a recent article about guerrilla traffic-calming efforts, Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon describes an approach in which cities collaborate with community members who engage in Do-It-Yourself urban interventions instead of punishing them. Lydon states that cities should look at the thse actions of citizens as a civic act,…
Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon will lead a second course on Tatical Urbanism, titled Tatical Urbanism: How It’s Done. From unsanctioned crosswalks to city-led “Pavement-to-Plaza” programs, Mike Lydon will describe the success of short-term, temporary projects in influencing long-term physical and policy changes in cities across the United States and…
Alongside our partners at The Alliance for Biking and Walking, we’re excited to announce the 2nd National Open Streets Summit. The event will take place in Los Angeles on April 4-6th and will be co-hosted with CicLAvia, one of the nation’s premier open streets initiatives. Click here to register today!…
Click here to listen to Tony Garcia’s interview with ‘High Noon in Lake Worth’ radio show host Wes Blackman.
Thanks to generous funding from the Fund for the Environment and Urban Life, we’ve spent the last 5 months working with Streetfilms and our Open Streets Project partners,The Alliance for Biking and Walking, to document The Rise of Open Streets. Enjoy!
The Atlanta Regional Commission has selected Street Plans to use Tactical Urbanism as tool for demonstrating Lifelong Communities principles. Joining us will be our friends at Dallas-based Team Better Block and Alta Planning + Design‘s Atlanta office. The demonstration project will be developed over the next several months and implemented in…
Grand Central Park, a temporary 5-acre park located in downtown Miami will close at the end of 2014 to make way for permanent development. The Miami Herald covers the story and mentions Street Plans and the Tactical Urbanism booklets.
Mike Lydon recently recorded two courses on Tactical Urbanism for Planetizen. Course 1 is available now! You can check out the Introduction to Course 1 for free here. Course 2 will be released in January, 2014.