Local Living Streets - Sheffield SW

Tactical Urbanism

Tactical urbanism is a fast, cheap, action-oriented approach to making meaningful civic changes to neighbourhoods, towns, and cities.

Make our street a place to playPlaying Out is a resident led movement restoring children’s freedom to play out in the streets and spaces where they live.

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Start a play street

Throw down some tires and spray paint a mural on an underused street to reclaim the space for pedestrians.

Put a bench where people need one.

Set a line of potted plants on a flared junction to narrow it.

Scatter some lawn chairs in an abandoned parking lot for a pop-up café.

Tactical urbanism if often done as a collaboration between citizens and local authorities.

Examples abound, and funding is available: see link to the Asphalt Art Initiative.

Asphalt Art | Bloomberg PhilanthropiesThe Asphalt Art Initiative provides guidance and funding to cities around the world for visual art interventions on roadways, pedestrian spaces, and public infrastructure. The program assists cities looking to use art and design to improve street safety, revitalize public spaces, and engage their communities.

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