Doug Gordon

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Revisiting an early movement to take over on-street parking and reclaim it for people.

Tactical urbanism has the power to pierce the automotive bubble that so frequently surrounds politicians — sometimes in an almost literal sense, because so many elected officials are driven everywhere. It can force them to see that they can become catalysts for rapid change if they really want to. But the value of these tactics goes well beyond the safety (and frequent smiles) that these interventions provide for cyclists or pedestrians who pass by while they're in place — or even the permanent infrastructure changes they might inspire.

We should demand a redesign that represents a vision of the city that New York can become decades into the future.