Last night, 220 people joined us at the North Beach Charrette! The event kicked off with a presentation on town planning & community revitalization. Following the presentation, attendees worked alongside their neighbors to draw their vision for the future of North Beach. Street Plans was excited to participate as the lead…
Portland has announced a competition to design the six-mile carless pathway known as Green Loop, a proposal in the city’s 2035 Central City Plan. The winner of the competition will be awarded a $20,000 grant at this April’s Design Week Portland. Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon will jury the competition…
On January 31, Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon will present as part of a panel at the International Symposium on Promoting Physical Activity in Public Spaces in Clearwater, FL. The conference focuses on how open streets can help communities reclaim urban public space to promote a culture of health.
On February 1, 2016, Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon will present to the University of Minnesota College of Public Interest Design in Minneapolis, MN.
The New York City Council’s Vision Zero forum convened an expert panel of Upper West Side stakeholders to solicit ideas to make streets safer in line with the Vision Zero goals outlined by Mayor DeBlasio. Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon sat on the panel along with community board members, policy analysts and…
The 2016 Winter Cycling Congress will take place in Minneapolis/St. Paul on February 2nd – marking the first time that this conference has been held in the United States! Now in its fourth year, the Congress “aims to deliver a vibrant exchange about the use of the bicycle in a season when…
The City of Miami Beach has successfully upgraded 16th street with a solid green bike lane! The popular east-west corridor provides the community with a critical improvement in regard to mobility and bicycle safety. Better news is that this green…
Check out: 10 ways tactical urbanism is shaping the streets of Vancouver This article revisits the most memorable instances of tactical urbanism in Vancouver, and notes our book as an inspiration. Thanks for the shout out VanCity Buzz!
On December 9, 2015, members of the Miami Planning community gathered at the Miami Center for Architecture and Design for the 2015 APA Gold Coast Planning Award ceremony. The Gold Coast APA chapter delivered numerous awards recognizing outstanding planning projects and initiatives across South Florida. Friends of the Ludlam…
Street Plans Collaborative co-founder and principal Tony Garcia recently gave a TEDx talk to an audience in Indianapolis. The topic was on Tactical Urbanism and its impact on urban planning and design. By creating low-cost high-impact demonstrations, planning documents are now coming off the shelves and given real-world experiments…
