Overwhelmed by traffic congestion and sprawl, many states are looking for ways to narrow roads and slow cars, while adding bike lanes, trails, and other amenities.  This New York Times Magazine article discusses the growing movement in state DOTs, which PPS pioneered in New Jersey five years ago, and points to several new projects that PPS is involved in, including training New Hampshire transportation engineers.  In the article, Andy Wiley-Schwartz, Vice President of Transportation at PPS, says that road engineers, “are realizing that they are in the community-development business and not just in the facilities-development business.”

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  • Chris Asplund

    neighborhood Activist
    Here in Grand Rapids, while there is a strong neighborhood support for the slowing of traffic, and the installation of bike lanes, the incentive to do so by the City remains lacking, thus their support of such initiatives has been lackluster.