Streets for Pandemic Response & Recovery
Street Plans collaborated on a resource that aggregates and synthesizes emerging practices in transportation and street design in response to the impacts of COVID-19.
Complete Streets responses to COVID-19
Mike Lydon appeared on a webinar for Smart Growth America about community responses to COVID-19 through Complete Streets and other transportation initiatives.
Preparing for Life after Lockdown
Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon was quoted on an article for Fast Company about how cities are starting to rethink their streets to prepare for the reopening of cities. Lydon shares some insight into the types of infrastructure needed.
Honorable Mention from Fast Company
Street Plans received an honorable mention from Fast Company, an editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, and design, for the recently published Asphalt Art Guide.
TUMI Webinar
The Transforming Urban Mobility Initiative hosted Mike Lydon, Laura Bahamón from the City of Bogotá, and moderator Carlos Pardo of NUMO to discuss Tactical Urbanism in the age of COVID19. Lydon explains what Tactical Urbanism is and how cities can, and are, leveraging its core principles to respond to…
City State Radio
Mike Lydon joined colleagues from Louisville’s Urban Design Studio and around the nation in discussing impacts, responses, and ideas for how cities manage and recover from the COVID19 pandemic. Click Here to hear the episode!
CNU On the Park Bench Webinar
Mike Lydon joined colleagues from the Congress for New Urbanism to discuss the current and future impacts of COVID19 on urban life. Mike shared specific examples and insights into how cities around the globe are using temporary measures to creates more space for physical distancing.
Spin Workshop Kicks Off in D.C.
Street Plans is working closely with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), Spin, DDOT, and residents to design and deliver street safety projects in Wards 7 and 8, an area of the city that is disproportionately impacted by traffic violence. Below is a short video that captured the kickoff…
Honolulu Adopts Tactical Urbanism
During the third week of November, Street Plans travelled to Honolulu to complete the city’s first quick build project. Given the staggering increase in pedestrian fatalities in Hawaii, Street Plans was hired by the Hawaii State Department of Health to work alongside the City and County of Honolulu to…
Top Urban Planning Books of the Decade
Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change was named one of top planning books of the decade! The book, written by principals Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia, was one out of 14 books selected by Planetizen for their lasting relevance and excellence in research of the urban planning field in the…