Forbes recently spoke with Street Plans’ Principal Tony Garcia about Street Plans’ current work in Miami–the Miami-Dade Quickbuild Program–and the importance of Tactical Urbanism as a means to sparking long-term change in communities. “One of our main goals is to help officials think about small-scale projects as a way…
On Thursday, June 22nd, Transportation Alternatives launched the Streetopia campaign to generate excitement around ideas and visions to further transform NYC’s streets to prioritize the movement of people and not cars. Street Plans came up with detailed visions for what car-free or car-lite neighborhood streets could look like in NYC….
Calling all cities! Street Plans is currently booking Public Work(s)hops for fall 2017 and winter 2018. The new Public Work(s)hops series is the next phase of the Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials and Design workshop effort that took place in fall 2016 and winter 2017. Phase 1: Beta City…
As a result of the Knight Foundation Cities Challenge Grant, Street Plans was awarded $150,000 to advance the Miami-Dade Quickbuild Program. In partnership with Miami-Dade County and Green Mobility Network, the program provides funding and technical assistance to local residents and community-based organizations…
The City of Miami Beach hired Street Plans to develop a Bicycle Master Plan and Street Design Guide. The plan was approved in 2016 and implementation is already officially underway as Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami Beach received its first protected bike lane along West Avenue in…
On Thursday, June 1st, Street Plans, together with Alta Planning & Design, tested diagonal four-way crosswalks, also known as a pedestrian scramble, at three different locations along Mission Inn Avenue in Riverside, CA. StreetFilms documented the project. Click…
Street Plans, together with Alta Planning & Design, is testing a diagonal four-way crosswalk, also known as a pedestrian scramble, at two different locations today in Riverside, CA. The demonstration project is one of eight Tactical Urbanism projects as a part of the Southern California Association of Government’s (SCAG) 2017 Go Human region-wide…
With financial support from the Walton Family Foundation and in partnership with the Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks, Street Plans was hired by the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission to work with the cities of Bentonville, Bella Vista, and Rogers to create a series of month-long bikeway pilot projects. The Walton Family Foundation recently…
Nearly a year ago, Street Plans worked with the City of Norfolk, 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, ioby, and others to workshop and deliver a series of small-scale blue-green interventions. The University of…
Street Plans is working with Build Public to increase neighbors’ awareness of the city’s Vision Zero campaign and the formation of a Green Benefit District in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco. From April 27 to May 7, Street Plans and Build Public will be engaging with neighbors at various…
