Streetsblog's Best Street Transformation of 2016

Streetsblog USA has announced the winner of the Best American Street Transformation of 2016. As decided by the people (drumroll please), the winner is Strawberry Way, "a downtown Pittsburgh alley that was widely-used but nondescript," writes Angie Schmitt. "The local nonprofit Envision Downtown transformed the alley into a three-block, car-free gathering place. Pavement murals from artist Deanna Mance and street furniture and planters turned a grey, moribund space between buildings into an inviting place."

Schmitt also includes an editor's pick, choosing Rochester’s Inner Loop highway removal along South Union Street, which Planetizen also highlighted in October.