DEFINITION
Intersection Repair is the citizen-led conversion of an urban street interesection into public square. Streets are usually the only public space we have in our neighborhoods. But most all of them have been designed with a single purpose in mind: moving cars around. With an Intersection Repair, that public space is reclaimed for the whole community. The intersection of pathways becomes a place for people to come together. The space becomes a Place - a public square.
In the usual context, Intersection Repair is typically thought of as a physical repair or reconstruction of the infrastructure that has been designed to manage the flow of traffic. According to StreetsWiki, intersection repair includes neighborhood residents painting murals on the pavement. It is thought that this activity makes the streets more pedestrian friendly and increases neighborhood cohesion.

AKA
other names, related ideas, etc.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
how is it measured? what are the criteria for its design or planning?

ILLUSTRATION
a diagram or drawing that demonstrates the basic pattern or concept

CASE STUDIES
Bug-on-Burke, Seattle

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
http://www.cityrepair.org/wiki.php/projects/ir/main (they rock, this is their page on intersection repair, includes a model ordinance)