Tactical Urbanism is as much about engaging people as it about the physical delivery of better streets and better places. Street Plans is proud to announce that the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG) Go Human Tactical Urbanism Demonstration Events have received a Silver 2019 National Planning Achievement Award for Public Outreach from the American Planning Association.
Alongside partners ALTA Planning + Design, Streetfilms, and Katherine Padilla & Associates, Street Plans developed and implemented 9 Tactical Urbanism demonstration projects as a part of SCAG’s Go Human region-wide safety and encouragement campaign from 2016-2017. The primary goal of the Tactical Urbanism approach to the campaign was to promote region-wide walking and biking, and to allow residents to temporarily experience streets that are designed for people walking, cycling, and using transit.
For all nine projects Street Plans was tasked with assisting with community engagement (TAC meetings, volunteer coordination etc.) and leading the design, materials procurement, and implementation of the demonstration project elements. The temporary treatments allowed event attendees to experience an enhanced walking and biking boulevard, catalyzing momentum towards permanent change in the future.