Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon gave a talk to Cornell Planning Students, local planners, and government officials in Ithaca, NY last month about the Tactical Urbanism movement. The event was hosted by Cornell’s Department of City and Regional Planning. “Mike’s talk downtown really inspired folks working on the ground in…
Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon was a featured speaker at Project for Public Space’s Placemaking Week in Amsterdam on October 13th. Placemaking Week is an annual conference put on by Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit planning, design, and educational organization. The week is meant to be a “dynamic…
On Thursday, September 14th, Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon will give a keynote lecture on Tactical Urbanism at Helsinki Design Week, the largest annual design festival in the Nordic countries. “Short-term, community-based projects – from pop-up parks to open streets initiatives – have become a powerful and adaptable new…
Street Plans’ Project Director Julie Flynn will speak to the Marin County Bicycle Coalition on Tuesday, August 1st, about the effectiveness that pilot bicycle improvements have in allaying a community’s fear of change, also known as NIMBYism (Not In My Backyard), and their ability to more quickly make safer streets. “Pilot…
Street Plans will speak at two different sessions on Wednesday, May 3rd for the 25th annual Congress for the New Urbanism in Seattle. Street Plans’ Mike Lydon, Anthony Garcia, and Julie Flynn will speak at the first session, titled “The Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Civic Engagement, Materials & Street…
Street Plans delivered two talks in Vancouver the week of September 12th for the Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place Conference, the premiere conference in North America for walking and bicycling professionals. Together with the San Francisco Planning Department, Street Plans presented the recently published Public Space Stewardship Guide -a new print…
The Ottawa Citizen checks in with Mike Lydon in advance of his trip to the National Capital Commission’s Urban Lab. Check out the full interview here.
On October 28th Mike Lydon, co-author of Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-Term Change, will visit Canada’s National Capital Commission’s Capital Urbanism Lab. Mike will delve into the world of tactical urbanism, a movement that advocates improving socio-cultural aspects of urban areas through actions that are quick and…
Street Plans Project Manager Julie Flynn partnered with Leah Nichols of SITELAB Urban Studios to deliver a presentation at the San Mateo Downtown Future Forum. The presentation explored creative ways communities across the nation are activating temporary and permanent urban spaces.
