Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Tactical Urbanism

Toronto Neighbors Calm Street Using Only Leaves and Chalk

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 1, 2017 | No Comments

The "leafy neckdown" revealed 2,000 square feet of excess asphalt.

How Tape, Trees, and Traffic Cones Transformed a Houston Street

By Lauren Murray | May 30, 2017 | No Comments

A one-day event, Saturday, April 29, used tape, chalk, trees, cones, and barrels to rapidly redesign a Houston intersection to be an inclusive, vibrant, and safe space for all types of users.

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After Boston’s Mayor Blames Crash Victims, Pop-Up Comics Push for Better Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | May 22, 2017 | No Comments

Boston's latest do-it-yourself bike lane intervention might seem a bit sketchy -- because it uses comics to prod City Hall for needed safety improvements.

$Some sidewalk chalk, orange cones, and raised platforms$

Austin Neighbors Show How a Safe Mueller Street Would Work

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jan 13, 2017 | 2 Comments

A group of neighbors worked together to install a temporary traffic calming measure on McBee Street at Ruiz in Austin's Mueller neighborhood for one day -- the last day of 2016.

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Fast Changes to City Streets: A 9-Step Guide for Creative Bureaucrats

By Michael Andersen | Mar 28, 2016 | No Comments

Marshall Avenue and Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tenn. Photo: John Paul Shaffer Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. For most of the 20th century, cities answered transportation problems by adding more pavement. More freeways. More lanes. More parking lots. More things that couldn’t [...]