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March 11, 2025

On GDCI’s 10th Anniversary, announcing ten inaugural winners of the Street Shaper Award

Ten years in to GDCI, we’ve worked to transform streets around the world, inspiring leaders, informing practitioners, and inviting communities to imagine what’s possible when we design streets that put people first. But none of it would have been possible without the enthusiastic collaboration of urban leaders around the globe, who continue to pave the way for safer streets and better cities. In celebration of these leaders and their impact, GDCI is introducing the Street Shaper Awards.

On GDCI’s 10th Anniversary, announcing ten inaugural winners of the Street Shaper Award
Connect with the GDCI team at NACTO’s Designing Cities 2022

September 1, 2022

Connect with the GDCI team at NACTO’s Designing Cities 2022

NACTO’s 2022 Designing Cities conference will come together in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts, next week and the Global Designing Cities Initiative team is excited to be presenting three sessions throughout the event.

Piazze Aperte: Come Milano ha restituito le sue piazze ai suoi abitanti

May 24, 2022

Piazze Aperte: Come Milano ha restituito le sue piazze ai suoi abitanti

A maggio 2022,  il Comune di Milano ha implementato 38 interventi di urbanistica tattica e continua a progettarne di nuovi, con un residente milanese su due a 15 minuti (800 metri) da una delle Piazze tattiche.

Piazze Aperte: How Milan Gave its Piazze Back to the People

May 24, 2022

Piazze Aperte: How Milan Gave its Piazze Back to the People

As of May 2022, the Municipality of Milan has now implemented almost 40 tactical interventions and continues to plan new ones—with one in two Milanese residents now living within 15 minutes (800 meters) of the Piazze.

New GDCI Handbooks Available for Download

May 17, 2022

New GDCI Handbooks Available for Download

GDCI releases two new handbooks: "How to Implement Street Transformations" and "How to Evaluate Street Transformations."