Mike Lydon is a co-founder of Street Plans, an urban planning, design, and research-advocacy firm based in Miami and New York City. Mike is an internationally sought after planner, author, speaker, and designer of livable cities. In 2018 Planetizen named Mike as one of the 100 most influential urbanists of all-time. With Tony Garcia, he is the recipient of the 2017 Seaside Prize and co-author of the full-length book Tactical Urbanism, published by Island Press in March 2015, which was honored as one of the top 10 planning books of the year. Mike also collaborated with Andres Duany and Jeff Speck in writing The Smart Growth Manual, published by McGraw-Hill. Most recently, Mike co-authored NACTO’s Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery and led the creation of the Streets for Voting Guide with the Center for Tech and Civic Life. Mike lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and son and encourages you to trade four wheels for two.