Looking for a cost-effective, high-impact way to create safe routes in your community? Pop-up projects might be your solution!

This fact sheet will cover how to use pop-up projects to build support and attract funding for infrastructure improvements. For information on how to plan and install the actual pop-up projects, read Tactical Urbanism and Safe Routes to School.

These temporary, low-cost initiatives are not only faster and more flexible to implement compared to permanent infrastructure, but they can also generate support for further investments that improve conditions for people biking and walking.

Pop-up projects can quickly and inexpensively show how relatively small-scale changes improve safety and accessibility while sparking excitement, drawing attention, and drumming up community interest, leading to funding broader-scale permanent changes.