Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon spoke at the Placemaking 101 Conference, hosted by the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth, on April 18th in Gloversville, NY. Lydon gave a presentation about Tactical Urbanism’s role in placemaking and the overall power that small-scale, low-cost interventions can have in bringing people together…
Street Plans with sub-consultant Fitzgerald & Halliday (FHI), was hired by the Charles County Department of Planning and Growth Management to produce the Waldorf Urban Area Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Analysis. The project will produce a bicycle and pedestrian connectivity analysis and prioritization plan to better link the Waldorf urban…
Street Plans, along with the City of Burlington Public Works and Dubois & King, was awarded the CNU New England Award for Innovative Engagement for the Plan BTV Walk/Bike Master Plan in Burlington, VT. Each year CNU New England, the regional chapter of Congress for the New Urbanism, honors regional planning projects through…
OpenDataSoft, an online startup with a mission to make data more open and accessible for businesses, recently interviewed Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon about the relationship between Tactical Urbanism, open data, and the future of cities. Mike Lydon is quoted in the article saying: “One task for us as…
Street Plans’ Principal Tony Garcia was a keynote speaker at the Georgia Walks Summit on March 15-16. The annual summit, hosted by a pedestrian advocacy group called PEDS, brings together state transportation and public health officials, elected officials, and community advocates to share ideas and projects for more walkable communities. …
Street Plans’ Principal Tony Garcia recently gave a talk on February 2nd at the 5th Annual Safe Streets Summit–a conference coordinated by the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, and the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency to push for Complete Streets throughout Southeast Florida. Tony spoke about…
360 Degree City–an urbanism podcast by the Calgary-based planning and design firm Intelligent Futures–recently interviewed Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon about the Tactical Urbanism movement. In the episode, Mike talks about the key elements of Tactical Urbanism and gives a successful Street Plans’ case study. Click HERE to listen…
In 2014, NYC released its Vision Zero Action Plan to reduce the number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero by the year 2024. After various safety measures implemented over the past few years, the overall number of traffic-related fatalities has continued to slowly decrease, but one thing…
Vote for one of Street Plans’ three projects nominated for the People’s Choice Awards, presented on February 2nd at the 5th Annual Safe Streets Summit in West Palm Beach, FL! The award will go to a Complete Streets project in the Southeast Florida region that has promoted safer, more…
The New South Wales (NSW) Architects Registration Board recently released a new publication titled Towards The Public Interest: the role of architects and citizens in making the city for the common good. As part of the publication, Street Plans’ Principal Mike Lydon shared his thoughts about Tactical Urbanism and its…
