Tactics of Urbanism

Cities around the world and even in the US are heading in that direction without any of the predicted Carmageddon that we fear. "Tactical urbanism" is to give it a try like just lay down some cones throw some chairs in the middle of the street some potted plants Jeanette Sadek Khan who was Bloomberg's Transportation Commissioner a number of years ago tried it at Times Square, New York. That doesn't mean we shouldn't pedestrianize streets it means that we should test it out before we build it one of our key lessons from this interview with David Frum.