Mike Lydon
@mikelydon.bsky.social
Co-Founder @ Street Plans | Co-Author #TacticalUrbanism, Smart Growth Manual, Streets for Pandemic Response + Recovery | Board Member @ Congress for New Urbanism | Creator Open_Streets Project | Léo + Luca’s dad | 📍 Brooklyn, NY 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
When delivery vehicles are properly scaled to urban streets, both bike lane and travel lane go unblocked.
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When delivery vehicles are properly scaled to urban streets, both bike lane and travel lane go unblocked.
The furnishings are in and it looks like we are days away from the permanent expansion and extension of the Pearl Street Plaza in DUMBO, which now wraps onto Plymouth Street. 🙌🏻
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The furnishings are in and it looks like we are days away from the permanent expansion and extension of the Pearl Street Plaza in DUMBO, which now wraps onto Plymouth Street. 🙌🏻
White stucco. Tuck under garage. Diamond styling. Block glass… San Francisco-Upon-Kensington (Brooklyn)!
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
White stucco. Tuck under garage. Diamond styling. Block glass… San Francisco-Upon-Kensington (Brooklyn)!
As a firm we use Google Workspace, but are often having to collaborate with clients or other firms on SharePoint. Inevitably, it’s a terrible experience for all so this email blast caught my eye, lol.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As a firm we use Google Workspace, but are often having to collaborate with clients or other firms on SharePoint. Inevitably, it’s a terrible experience for all so this email blast caught my eye, lol.
Google Maps caught the edge striping (before the paint fill) at Mallory/Lexington in Jersey City. The job description of every tactical urbanist is essentially this: undo everything traffic engineers did for 80 years.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Google Maps caught the edge striping (before the paint fill) at Mallory/Lexington in Jersey City. The job description of every tactical urbanist is essentially this: undo everything traffic engineers did for 80 years.
💯- Our kids spent one hour on three blocks and were completely gassed. Door density!
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
💯- Our kids spent one hour on three blocks and were completely gassed. Door density!
10th Avenue is going to be milled and repaved so the Meatpacking District deftly moved the Gansevoort Landing plaza kit over to the curb lane along Washington, at the foot of the High Line. #TacticalUrbanism
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
10th Avenue is going to be milled and repaved so the Meatpacking District deftly moved the Gansevoort Landing plaza kit over to the curb lane along Washington, at the foot of the High Line. #TacticalUrbanism
Some good project stats!
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some good project stats!
Super fun to host a backyard party last night for @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social! We were joined by so many amazing friends and longtime advocates committed to building a better NYC.
Life After Cars is officially out today, go get yourself a copy! 🫡
Life After Cars is officially out today, go get yourself a copy! 🫡
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Super fun to host a backyard party last night for @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social! We were joined by so many amazing friends and longtime advocates committed to building a better NYC.
Life After Cars is officially out today, go get yourself a copy! 🫡
Life After Cars is officially out today, go get yourself a copy! 🫡
Love to see it! Curbside sanitation arrives in Fort Greene outside our kids’ school.
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Love to see it! Curbside sanitation arrives in Fort Greene outside our kids’ school.
Brandon Stanton’s Dear New York is such a wonderful gift to, and reflection of, New York City.
October 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Brandon Stanton’s Dear New York is such a wonderful gift to, and reflection of, New York City.
Small public spaces often deliver a big impact. 23 years ago I had an internship in a building that faced onto Portland’s Post Office Park. The boulders seen here mimic the scale/placement of the major islands in Casco Bay; kids (mine present but not seen here) love these type of playable spaces.
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Small public spaces often deliver a big impact. 23 years ago I had an internship in a building that faced onto Portland’s Post Office Park. The boulders seen here mimic the scale/placement of the major islands in Casco Bay; kids (mine present but not seen here) love these type of playable spaces.
Great to finally see the first phase of Rochester’s Inner Loop freeway removal - one of the more transformative initiatives realized in any American city over the past decade.
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Great to finally see the first phase of Rochester’s Inner Loop freeway removal - one of the more transformative initiatives realized in any American city over the past decade.
200 years of architectural style vie for space in downtown Rochester!
October 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
200 years of architectural style vie for space in downtown Rochester!
Putnam and Fulton: 2009 vs 2025
✅ More places to live
✅ More public space
✅ More trees
📍 Brooklyn
✅ More places to live
✅ More public space
✅ More trees
📍 Brooklyn
October 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Putnam and Fulton: 2009 vs 2025
✅ More places to live
✅ More public space
✅ More trees
📍 Brooklyn
✅ More places to live
✅ More public space
✅ More trees
📍 Brooklyn
The last time I was in Dublin was 2007! I’ve been told the pandemic served as an accelerant for pedestrian and cycling upgrades in the city center. Here are a few:
📍 Liffey Street Lower
📍 Ormand Quay
📍 Capel Street
📍 Suffolk Street
📍 Liffey Street Lower
📍 Ormand Quay
📍 Capel Street
📍 Suffolk Street
September 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The last time I was in Dublin was 2007! I’ve been told the pandemic served as an accelerant for pedestrian and cycling upgrades in the city center. Here are a few:
📍 Liffey Street Lower
📍 Ormand Quay
📍 Capel Street
📍 Suffolk Street
📍 Liffey Street Lower
📍 Ormand Quay
📍 Capel Street
📍 Suffolk Street
Tour de Europe continues. Now in Belfast City to lead a workshop tomorrow for re-thinking the delivery of a better Shaftesbury Square. Spent the late afternoon and early evening exploring.
September 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tour de Europe continues. Now in Belfast City to lead a workshop tomorrow for re-thinking the delivery of a better Shaftesbury Square. Spent the late afternoon and early evening exploring.
Thousands efficiently access / depart Manchester City’s Ethihad Stadium ⚽️ via the Ashton Canal Towpath. Per square foot, this moves more people than any highway could. I’d love to see more American cities improve trail access to / from large event venues.
September 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thousands efficiently access / depart Manchester City’s Ethihad Stadium ⚽️ via the Ashton Canal Towpath. Per square foot, this moves more people than any highway could. I’d love to see more American cities improve trail access to / from large event venues.
Just learning about Manchester, but it appears the city bought into the modal filter approach to liberate active transport.
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just learning about Manchester, but it appears the city bought into the modal filter approach to liberate active transport.
The city’s (first?) tram line is also underway.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The city’s (first?) tram line is also underway.
The porticoes, dating to 1041 and codified in 1288, are a climate responsive revelation (Sun, Heat, Rain) from 700+ years ago.
September 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The porticoes, dating to 1041 and codified in 1288, are a climate responsive revelation (Sun, Heat, Rain) from 700+ years ago.
I had a few hours to explore Bologna today. I’ve visited a lot of medieval city quarters but_none_compare to the monumentality of this city; I found it really difficult to photograph the squares, towers, and cathedrals because the scale to sight line ratio is overwhelming. 🤯
September 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I had a few hours to explore Bologna today. I’ve visited a lot of medieval city quarters but_none_compare to the monumentality of this city; I found it really difficult to photograph the squares, towers, and cathedrals because the scale to sight line ratio is overwhelming. 🤯
Something I didn’t expect is that Reggio Emilia is a great bike city! 🇮🇹 🚲
September 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Something I didn’t expect is that Reggio Emilia is a great bike city! 🇮🇹 🚲