Posts by Mike Lydon — Guest Contributor

Mike Lydon is Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative. He was a co-author of The Smart Growth Manual and the creator and primary author of the reports “The Open Streets Project” and “Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action, Long-Term Change” Vol.1 and Vol.2. He works and speaks internationally on smart growth, livable cities, active transportation, and tactical urbanism. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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  Woonerfs were tactical urbanism before there was “tactical urbanism”

  By Mike Lydon (Guest Contributor), Anthony Garcia (Guest Contributor) April 15, 2015 20

  Tactical urbanism is about using low-cost, temporary changes to the built environment to make places better. Mike Lydon, co-author of Tactical Urbanism: Short Term Action for Long Term Change, will join us for a book talk on April 21. In advance of the event, we’re reprinting a few adapted excerpts from the book. This one explains how the woonerf is a historic inspiration for modern…  Keep reading…