Tactical Urbanism
Tactical urbanism projects engage community members in envisioning and designing temporary people-friendly infrastructure mixed with art, culture, pop-up businesses and street life.
Recent Tactical Urbanism Initiatives
2019 Vision Zero Community Program
In 2019 we partnered with the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment and Denver Public Works on the Vision Zero Community Program. This exciting initiative gave teams of community members an opportunity to design a project to increase awareness of Vision Zero and promote safer streets in their neighborhoods.
Many of the selected teams chose to host pop-up traffic calming demonstrations in their neighborhoods. Learn more about Vision Zero tactical urbanism work below!
2012 - 2018 Tactical Urbanism projects
We hosted Colorado’s first tactial urbanism project back in 2012 and haven’t stopped since! From larger, festival-like demonstration events to smaller neighborhood art projects like trail wayfinding signs and intersection murals, tactical urbanism is a fun way to bring together residents, community partners, and local leaders to promote people-friendly streets.
We’ve been at this for nearly a decade – check out our work below.
Related Resources
Vision Zero Community Program: Yale Ave Project (University Hills)
July 27, 2019: Led by the University Hills RNO, District 4 Mobility & Streetscapes Working Group, Councilperson Black, and University Hills Plaza, this traffic calming pop-up project focused on the intersection of Yale Avenue and S Clermont Drive. We set up a median down the center of Yale, curb extensions, a sidewalk extension, and a pop-up bus […]
Vision Zero Community Program: Vision Zero Art Festival (Citywide)
July 13, 2019: Led by a group of Denver residents in partnership with Children’s Hospital Colorado, the goal of the project was to raise awareness of Vision Zero by creating an annual, self-sustaining Vision Zero Art Festival. The inaugural year was hosted at the McNichol’s Civic Center Building and included displays of Vision Zero-themed art, an interactive […]
Vision Zero Community Program: Auraria Campus Project
May, 2019: Led by the WTS (Advancing Women in Transportation) chapter of the University of Colorado at Denver, this team aimed to advance Vision Zero on the Auraria campus through a colorful and eye-catching art installation along some of the busiest roads around campus, as well as a lighting demonstration that brought attention to the lack […]
13th Avenue Pop-Up Traffic Calming
When Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) contacted WalkDenver about how to address the issue of speeding in their neighborhood, we had the idea to use tactical urbanism to demonstrate traffic calming techniques that have been proven to increase safety. On September 29, 2018, CHUN and WalkDenver hosted a pop-up demonstration on 13th Ave at […]