The Freeway Drive for All project focused on rapidly improving pedestrian safety along and adjacent to Interstate 280 Since it was built, the highway and parallel Freeway Drive access roads have divided downtown Orange and East Orange from residential areas and key civic destinations, including schools, parks, and transit. …
Alongside partners TYLin and Equitable Cities, Street Plans is finalizing the Village of Palmetto Bay’s Safe Streets Palmetto Bay Action Plan (SS4A). The Plan brings together the Village’s previous active transportation plans, combined with a detailed safety and equity analysis, to provide a roadmap for Complete Streets and the elimination…
Alongside our partners at the City of Jersey City, we were thrilled to cut the ribbon on a renewed Bergen Square in Jersey City on July 23, 2024, a project Street Plans first developed…
In their recent article on the impact of Tactical Urbanism in Tallinn’s old town, the Stockholm Environment Institute, an international non-profit research and policy organization that…
In their recent article on quick-builds and safe streets, Transportation for America, an advocacy organization made up of local, regional and state leaders who envision a transportation system that safely…
Street Plans co-founders Anthony Garcia and Mike Lydon will be working on a new Island Press book this year with journalist John Surico. Stay tuned! — Whether it’s counteracting the still persistent crisis…
Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon was quoted in a Curbed by New York Magazine article documenting recent and exciting public realm innovations.
Street Plans is nearly complete with its third consecutive year of directing the Hazelwood Local initiative on behalf of the Almono LP and Tishman Speyer, developers of the brownfield redevelopment Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh, PA. Hazelwood Local is an umbrella initiative that brings creative experiences to Hazelwood, programs and…
Street Plans partnered with the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) as part of the Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) to lead a multi-phase creative placemaking effort at the Lincoln Heights and Richardson Dwellings communities. Working alongside project partners including Torti Gallas + Partners and Teass Warren Architects, the team…
Street Plans, in partnership with NYC DOT, the Park to Park 103 Community Coalition, and Open Plans, recently completed a nearly four-year planning and public engagement effort culminating in a Street Improvement Project (SIP) on New York’s Upper West Side. Starting in late 2019 Street Plans undertook a study…
