A recently completed, decade-long overhaul of the sewers & water mains on 9th Avenue in Manhattan gave city officials the opportunity to expand pedestrian space along the strip. Mike Lydon explained why this is quick & efficient.
In February 2023, Street Plans’ Principal and Cofounder, Mike Lydon, was honored to be a Challenger, asking this year’s cohort to reimagine Brooklyn’s streets so that people of all ages and abilities can safely travel wherever they want to go.
Irene Balza, was a guest speaker at the 2023 Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Florida Summit held in Orlando, Florida in February.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
The city DOT may soon ban cars from the entrance to Prospect Park, as part of a plan to boost biking and walking by radically reducing the number of vehicles passing through busy Grand Army Plaza.
