NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Nashville Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced a tactical urbanism program that they say will support and facilitate community-led installation of temporary ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. On Monday, San Francisco rolled out a website meant to help ...

Is the dawn of “Tactical Urbanism” upon us? This approach to reshaping urban environments, which focuses on small-scale interventions, is a rising trend in urban environments across the U.S. Now six ...

Steps taken to improve the urban environment— otherwise known as tactical urbanism—have been around for a while. Going by the name guerrilla urbanism, city repair, DIY urbanism, hands-on urbanism, ...

This past summer in Philadelphia, “Park(ing) Day” returned for the ninth year, converting several metered parking spaces into temporary pocket parks. Meanwhile, roving beer gardens sprouted up in 14 ...

A view of the mural painted outside Waynesboro High School last year. Photo by Chris Graham. The Safe Routes to School program, part of the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth, is partnering ...

Fittingly, tactical urbanism has evolved rapidly in the last decade. The planning approach, which deploys quick, light-touch changes to show ways street design can be improved, began as a form of ...

Across the country, people—and cities—are reinventing public spaces with temporary, low-cost projects. Building anything new in a city takes a long time. There are zoning rules, permits, public ...

The population of the planet is growing quickly and an increasing number of people are living in urban areas. The resultant demographic changes, including an increase in urban poverty, pose challenges ...

Snellville recently announced the formation of a ‘Tactical Urbanism Program,’ an effort to get residents and business owners more involved with city planning. Common examples of tactical urbanism ...