What are some of the best #OpenStreets programs in the country? Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon shares a few ideas with USA Today here! From the article: “Some of the world’s largest cities are saying no to cars — at least for a few hours. Open Streets programs close miles…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: June 13, 2016 Media Contact: Anthony Garcia | Principal, The Street Plans Collaborative 221 Aragon Avenue | Coral Gables, Florida | 305.978.6426 | tony@streetplans.org Miami, FL – Pedestrian plazas. Parklets. Art Crosswalks. Pop-up Bike Lanes. Whether on the streets of your own community or elsewhere, you’ve…
In partnership with ioby, the City of Norfolk, and AMEC Foster Wheeler, Street Plans conducted a hands-on, one-day workshop on Saturday, June 4 with 50 neighborhood leaders from the Neon District, and the Ghent and Chesterfield neighborhoods of Norfolk, VA. The workshop demonstrated how property owners, both business and…
Mike Lydon joined four other speakers Monday night to discuss the future of transportation in Boston, specifically complete streets, equity, connectivity, and emerging technology. The event was one of multiple public events the City of Boston has held to collect public input, and encourage support for, its GoBoston2030 plan….
On Thursday, June 2, Mike Lydon led a demonstration project at the intersection of Islington and Bartlett Streets in Portsmouth, complete with new plants, parking spaces, crosswalks, a curb extension, and a parklet. The project provided an opportunity for 20 volunteers to temporarily transform an unsafe intersection, demonstrating possibilities for…
Street Plans has joined 100 Resilient Cities as a partner to provide “Tactical Resilience” workshops to 100RC members to help implement cities’ long-term resilience strategies. The workshops will be half or full-day “pop-up” sessions, where stakeholders and members of the public will experience what it means for their city to…
Through numerous community discussions, residents and business owners in San Jose’s West San Carlos and South Bascom Urban Villages have called for streets that are safer for people walking and biking. One priority in the area was the completion of a bikeway on Scott Street. This spring, Street Plans worked…
The District of Columbia’s Office of Planning has selected Street Plans, in partnership with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, as a winner of its international competition, Crossing the Street: Building DC’s Inclusive Future through Creative Placemaking. The initiative is a part of Mayor Muriel Browser’s innoMAYtion, a month-long initiative…
Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon led a workshop in Great Falls, Montana this past week, focused on how Tactical Urbanism can be used to transform streets and public spaces. Lydon first led a walk audit to help workshop participants observe and react to the best/worst of existing conditions in downtown Great Falls….
The planning and development news site, Planetizen has honored Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change (Island Press) as one of the top planning books published in 2015. From the article: Tactical Urbanism serves as a how-to guide for activists who want to get in…
