Speakers

Tony Garcia, RA, is a Co-founder of Street Plans and leads the firm's day-to-day operations. Considered one of the foremost experts in placemaking and street design, he is a licensed architect and has delivered hundreds of presentations, lectures, and workshops throughout his 20-year career. Having completed over 150,000 sf of street murals across the country, he is one of the most prolific asphalt art muralists in the world, is the author of the Asphalt Art Guide, and serves as the lead technical advisor for the Bloomberg Asphalt Art Initiative.

Tony is coauthor of the globally acclaimed series Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action, Long-Term Change, co-author of Tactical Urbanism, published by Island Press in March 2015, and together with Mike Lydon is the recipient of the 2017 Seaside Prize. In 2018, Tony was awarded the CINTAS Foundation Fellowship for Architecture & Design for contributions to the field of urban design.

Tony is a native Miamian and is regarded as a leading advocate and voice in the development of the city’s growing list of renowned public spaces and trails, first as the managing editor of the transportation blog TransitMiami.com, then as Chairman of the largest bicycle pedestrian advocacy organization in South Florida, Green Mobility Network. As part of this effort, he co-founded the Ludlam Trail project, which will add over 50 acres of new park space in Miami-Dade County, and helped prototype and build support for Biscayne Green, a one-mile park in downtown Miami currently under design.

Tony is a former part-time faculty member at the University of Miami School of Architecture, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Urban Design from New York University, and a Master's in Architecture from the University of Miami.