Long Beach, CA Materials Guide Workshop

Overall note: This blog post is one of 6 posts summarizing outcomes of the Beta City Workshop series Street Plans led as part of the Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials and Design project. To learn more about the Materials Guide, click here. Long Beach, CA Workshop: Long Beach, CA…

Washington D.C. Materials Guide Workshop

Overall note:  This blog post is one of 6 posts summarizing outcomes of the Beta City Workshop series Street Plans led as part of the Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials and Design project. To learn more about the Materials Guide, click here.  Washington D.C. Workshop:  Street Plans led a…

Street Plans + Place Partners Pop-Up Park in Penrith, Australia to Become Permanent

Before   After   Final Design Penrith is a regional city on the edge of Metropolitan Sydney, Australia. In 2012, the city commissioned a master plan focused on revitalizing its retail core. Street Plans worked with the Sydney-based consultancy Place Partners to integrate Tactical Urbanism into the master planning…

Street Plans + Happy City Selected by Van Alen Institute to Lead Happier By Design Research in West Palm Beach, FL

The Van Alen Institute and the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency launched Shore to Core, a research and design competition to reimagine waterfront cities using West Palm Beach as a model. A team consisting of Street Plans, The Happy City Lab, and Professor Jennifer Roe–Director of University of Virginia’s Center…

Street Plans Pilots Better Bikeways in Northwest Arkansas

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. Improvements included protected bike lanes…

Street Plans Helps Create A Pop-Up “Streetlet” in Long Beach

Street Plans partnered with the City of Long Beach and City Fabrick  to create a pop-up demonstration of a “Streetlet” on Saturday, November 12th. A Streetlet is a neighborhood public open space that reimagines underutilized sections of the street to create hubs of community activity. Streetlets could help improve pedestrian connections to…

Street Plans to Temporarily Transform Market Street in Poughkeepsie, NY

An article in the Poughkeepsie Journal, the local newspaper in Poughkeepsie, NY, discussed a few small-scale projects happening around the city including a temporary transformation of Market Street. Using temporary materials, the City of Poughkeepsie will partner with Street Plans the weekend of October 7th to test out ideas for…

NPR Highlights Street Plans’ Tactical Urbanism Work in Burlington, VT

A recent NPR article highlights Burlington, Vermont’s Tactical Urbanism Policy & Guide, developed by Street Plans with Local Motion and the City of Burlington Public Works Department. The policy and guide provides a platform for the community to create their own Tactical Urbanism projects, expediting the project delivery process…

Street Plans Leads Workshop Series to Jump-Start Tactical Urbanism Projects in Six U.S. Cities

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…