Mike Lydon on the Active Towns Podcast: Episode 97, Season 2
Mike Lydon reconnects with John Simmerman on the Active Towns Podcast! They discuss some of the amazing street transformations underway around the globe.
D.C.’s ‘Our City, Our Spaces!’ Launches!
Street Plans worked closely with the District of Columbia Office of Planning to create ‘Our City, Our Spaces! A Materials, Tools, and Equipment Library for Neighborhood-Led Activities in Washington, D.C.’
SoHo Broadway Public Realm Framework + Vision Plan Released!
Alongside our client, we’re really excited to share the SoHo Broadway Initiative Public Realm Framework + Vision Plan! Its framework calls for reducing through traffic & providing much more usable public space.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Picks 26 Cities for Asphalt Art Initiative Grant Program
The Asphalt Art Initiative grant program, which also provides cities technical assistance from urban design firm Street Plans Collaborative, is intended to create vibrant new public spaces…
The Pandemic Gave New York City ‘Open Streets.’ Will They Survive?
34th Avenue in Queens has become the gold standard for an open street that puts people ahead of cars, but critics say it goes too far.
City Cleanup Corps to Take Over Running Fort Greene Open Streets
Street Plans provided pro bono support for the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Open Streets Coalition in undertaking user counts along three open streets: S. Portland, Hall St, and Willoughby Ave.
New! Streets for Voting Guide – Version 1.0
The Guide is directed towards election officials, transportation professionals, and voting rights advocates who want to achieve a fair and inclusive election.
Confronting COVID-19
In a recent webinar hosted by ULI’s Building Healthy Places Initiative, Principal Tony Garcia discussed how creative uses of transportation infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic have helped provide spaces to gather in socially distant ways.
Open House for Hudson Connects
Street Plans hosted the second community workshop for the Hudson Connects Implementation Plan. Key projects were selected with help from community members to test as temporary projects during the first week of October
Tactical Urbanism as a Tool for Equity?
Principals Tony Garcia and Mike Lydon were interviewed by Streetsblog USA on how recent events have sparked new conversations around equity in the application of the Tactical Urbanism methodology.