Streets for Citizens
In January 2024, IPoP joined the European project Streets for Citizens, which uses tactical urbanism to introduce innovative solutions for sustainable mobility and more pleasant cities. The project primarily focuses on raising awareness among residents with the aim of promoting sustainable mobility in cities and functional urban regions.
Foto: Vishnu Prasad / Unsplash
With January 2024, IPoP became part of the project Streets for Citizens: Tactical Urbanism – new innovative solutions for sustainable mobility in the cities to mitigate negative environmental impacts in urban life and make cities more liveable places.
The project, operating within the framework of the Interreg Euro-MED program and under the mission of Promoting green living areas, addresses two primary challenges:
1. High rate of car ownership, traffic, and road danger
2. Scarce quantity and/or quality of spaces for greenery and community activities
To achieve a behavioural shift towards sustainable urban mobility and greener streets, the project focuses on raising awareness and influencing citizen behaviour. It acknowledges the lack of competencies and tools among local authorities in small to medium towns to address these issues effectively.
The primary objective of the Streets for Citizens project is to empower the public sector and related entities to engage citizens effectively and increase their commitment to addressing mobility and public space challenges in functional urban areas. The goal is to foster more active citizen participation in interventions aimed at enhancing urban sustainability.
The project will develop a tactical urbanism methodology, leveraging existing knowledge, to design territorial roll-up plans. These plans will outline long-term strategies and demonstration actions tailored to the specific needs of each partner country. The partnership will develop and disseminate scalable solutions and policy recommendations by implementing pilots and learning from the outcomes.
Streets for Citizens embraces several innovative approaches, including the principles of tactical urbanism, new participatory tools, digital solutions, design thinking, and a people-centered approach. By adopting these methodologies, the project aims to catalyze meaningful change in urban planning and citizen engagement across the region.
IPoP is involved as an expert institution that will provide knowledge and know-how in the field of tactical urbanism and placemaking. We will support City Partners in conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and evaluating their pop-up interventions. The interventions will aim to show citizens and policymakers what it would be like to have streets and public spaces opened to people and not dominated by cars.
You can find out more about the partners and the project’s activities here:
Newsletter #1 – May 2024
Newsletter #2 – December 2024
Newsletter #3 – May 2025
Deliverable 1.1.3: Baseline Study with a Good Practice Catalogue
Duration: 1 January 2024–30 September 2026 (33 months)
Programme: Interreg Euro-MED Programme
Lead Partner: Javne službe Ptuj, d.o.o.
Partner countries: Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Portugal
Total budget: 2.507.745 € / Interreg Funds: 2.006.196 €
This project is supported by the Interreg Euro-MED Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund
Cover photo: Vishnu Prasad / Unsplash
