This comprehensive plan for active transport included recommendations for streetscapes that accommodate walkers and cyclists and that will ultimately create demand for better (and greener) public transit.
Street Plans is working with Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. and Hartford’s Capital Region Council of Governments to advance the implementation of Complete Streets by writing a regional guide for embedding a Tactical Urbanism approach to project delivery.
On October 13, the City of Jersey City and Street Plans tested a temporary .4-mile protected bikeway as part of the engagement process for the Let’s Ride JC Bicycle Master Plan. The lane was designed to be 75% wider than other lanes in Jersey City to welcome people using bicycles,…
On Wednesday, October 17th, Street Plans started installing temporary painted curb extensions on NE 3rd Avenue in Downtown Miami as part of a multi-day activation called Taste of Avenue 3. This activation is the first of many in support of a long-term initiative called Avenue 3 Miami, catalyzed by…
From Saturday, August 11th to Sunday, August 12th Street Plans, the University of Akron, and about 50 total volunteers installed a two-way protected bike lane on the north side of East Exchange Street between Arc Drive and Goodkirk Street. Funded by the Knight Foundation, Hands on Exchange tested new…
Earlier this year, Street Plans hosted a Tactical Urbanism workshop in Santa Fe, Argentina as part of our partnership with 100 Resilient Cities to provide member cities with resilience strategies through low-cost, temporary changes to the built environment. In Santa Fe, the workshop focused on engaging community members and…
In 2007, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlanNYC made a bold commitment that all New Yorkers would live within a 10-minute walk of an open space. Rather than give that goal to the Parks Department as might seem obvious, the plan’s visionary crafters assigned it instead to the Department of…
Street Plans was hired by Asheville on Bikes, Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, and AARP to advise the community in the temporary redesign of Coxe Avenue utilizing tactical urbanism in Asheville, NC. Street Plans will lead a public workshop on June 21st to further inform the community and local stakeholders…
Last week, Street Plans teamed up with inspiring youth leaders at a non-profit called Make the Road Connecticut and the public health department at Sacred Hearth University to demonstrate how some simple tweaks to street design can have positive outcomes for safety, aesthetics, stormwater, and placemaking. Youth leaders designed…
As a sub-consultant to Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. (FHI), Street Plans has worked with the Village of Nyack to develop a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan for the region. For Earth Day this year on Sunday, April 22, Street Plans conducted outreach by talking with residents and constructing a pop-up…
