Tactical Urbanism:

1. Josh Pascua Florida State University Tactical Urbanism: Changing the Landscape from the Bottom-Up

2. Presentation Outline • Contextual Example • What is Tactical Urbanism (TU)? • Why does this matter to us? • TU Spectrum • Better Block • PARK(ing) Day • How can we harness this trend? • Discussion

3. NYC’s Pavement to Plazas

4. What is Tactical Urbanism? • A deliberate, phased approach to instigating change • The offering of local solutions for local planning challenges • Short-term commitment and realistic expectations • Low-risks, high rewards • The development of social capital • building of organizational capacity between governments, NGOs, and their constituents. • Increased interactions between citizens • Pedestrian Oriented A Laboratory for Experimentation

5. Tactical Urbanism

6. Why is this important to planners? • Addresses common complaints about planning projects: • Typical Planning • No input • Expensive • Takes to long • Concept Fatigue • Tactical Urbanism • - > Public buy-in • - > Cheaper, economically and politically • - > Can take place overnight • - > For the same price you can actually show people what you want to do

7. Why is this important to planners? (cont.) • Make citizens aware of their spaces • their use and potential • Keep us employed! • IDs areas of shifting demographics • Potential for economic development • General Quality of Life improvement

9. Better Block

12. Park(ing) Day

14. How can we harness this? • Create Web Resources • http://www.sfbetterstreets.org/ • Provide new avenues for public Input

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16. How can we harness this? • Create Web Resources • http://www.sfbetterstreets.org/ • Provide new avenues for public Input • Facilitate workshops/design studios • Micro fund for Tactical Urbanism Projects

18. Thank You! Josh Pascua jtp11d@my.fsu.edu Questions?