Principal Mike Lydon is in Melbourne, Sydney, and Christchurch, NZ for two weeks. While there he’ll help launch Volume 4 of the Tactical Urbanism series, facilitate a workshop with VicHealth and deliver keynote speeches at Walk 21, and with The Australian Heart Foundation. Lydon will also attend the International…
Joining The Town Planning and Urban Design Collaborative, Street Plan is helping the Town of Yarmouth, ME develop an implementation focused master plan for it’s downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods. Street Plans is tasked with developing active transportation recommendations for the areas streets, parks, and greenways.
Street Plans is thrilled to announce the hiring of Julie Flynn. Julie, who has worked part-time for Street Plans since 2013, is an outstanding planner, designer, and advocate for livable cities. She’ll take on the role of project manager and will anchor our presence in San Francisco to better…
Long-time project partners Dover Kohl has asked Street Plans to join their team and the City of Carlsbad in planning the downtown (“the village” and nearby neighborhoods (“the barrio”). The project will move into high gear in mid-September. Street Plans is helping the team with form-based coding and active…
The Open Streets Project, a joint effort between Street Plans and the Alliance that is now in its fourth year of documentation and best practice dissemination, is searching for a city to host the 2015 summit. Click here for more information.
The Fairmount/Indigo Corridor Collaborative has retained Street Plans to study and develop placemaking recommendations for the Fairmount Station area in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood. A public walking tour and workshop is schedule for early October. Stay tuned for project details!
Two recent articles written for NextPittsburgh and the National Main Street Center point to the work of The Street Plans Collaborative and profile how Tactical Urbanism is bringing positive change to fruition in Pittsburgh,PA and Middlesboro, KY.
On July 16th, the Town Council of Freeport, Maine accepted the Active Living Plan that Street Plans produced for the town’s Active Living Task Force. Now that the plan has been formally adopted, the Active Living Task Force can continue to move forward with their efforts to foster active…
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) “Living Beyond Expectations” Lifelong Community Demonstration Project temporarily transformed two blocks of Auburn Avenue in Atlanta’s Historic Old 4th Ward neighborhood into a model Lifelong Community – a healthy, walkable place with housing, transportation and service options for people of all ages. Over the…
We’re honored to share that Street Plans has been awarded with two Congress for the New Urbanism Charter awards. Principles Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia were in Buffalo last Thursday to accept awards for Best Tactical Intervention and Best Special Jury Award alongside project partners. The first project was…