Tactical Urbanism
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Op-Ed: Managing Our Streets Better Can Reduce Inequities In Our Cities
How can curb pricing make cities safer, greener and more quitable? Sahar Shirazi of Nelson\Nygaard explores.
October 19, 2021
Streetsfilms Features the North End’s Outdoor Dining Streets Transformations
July 27, 2021
TACTICAL URBANISM: Let’s Make More Plazas
Want to turn underused street space into people space? A cool video shows you the ropes.
May 28, 2021
The Southwest’s Bike Spike Was Bigger Than Europe
The American Southwest may have experienced one of the biggest bike booms in the world in 2020 — and the rest of the country wasn’t far behind, a new study finds.
April 29, 2021
How to Build a Cheap Homemade Speed Camera
February 26, 2021
In The Northeast, It’s #Sneckdown Season
December 21, 2020
How Cities Are Keeping Voting Queues Safe from COVID-19 and Cars
As voters across the country head to the ballot box, some cities are giving driving spaces around polling places back to the people — while others are leaving them out in the cold.
November 3, 2020
Study: How Can We Know If Quarantine Street Closures Worked?
A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.
October 26, 2020
Op-Ed: Now is the Time For Low-Cost Infrastructure Projects That Can Reorient Our Cities Away From Cars
"We’ve deferred to the automobile for so long, it can feel strange to reimagine streets that were not built for and around the car. But Coronavirus lockdowns gave us a glimpse at how quickly our cities can change when our priorities do."
August 14, 2020
Five Great Ways To Repurpose Parking Lots During the Pandemic
If there's one thing America definitely doesn't need any more of, it's parking lots — and during COVID-19, communities across the U.S. are seizing that under-utilized asphalt for pandemic-safe and equitable ways.
July 23, 2020
