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Streets That Work

By Mark Plotz on May 21, 2013 | Add Comment

I heard a good one the other day. It was in one of those emails that had been forwarded ten or twenty times like a chain letter of bad jokes. This one was actually funny; it was in celebration of the idiosyncrasies of the engineer. One of the jokes really nailed an endemic problem we [...]

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Five Essential Elements of a Placemaking Campaign

By Project for Public Spaces on May 16, 2013 | 1 Comment

Lately, as we analyze the information generated through the inaugural Placemaking Leadership Council and begin planning the future of a larger effort to promote Placemaking as a social cause, we have been thinking a lot about what all goes into a successful campaign. Some of our most exciting and fulfilling work over the years [...]

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Making the Journey a Destination: Indianapolis’ Cultural Trail Debuts

By Project for Public Spaces on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

Back in 2007, we highlighted the Indianapolis Cultural Trail project in Bold Moves, Brave Actions, a feature that looked at five cities on five continents making exceptional strides toward becoming more people-friendly places. Indy, we wrote, was “taking what may be the boldest step of any American city towards supporting bicyclists and pedestrians” [...]

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Announcing The Future of Places Conference Series

By Project for Public Spaces on Feb 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

On June 24-26th, 2013, Placemaking leaders from around the world will gather together with UN officials, representatives from international government agencies, NGOs, designers, change agents, mayors, local politicians, and other place-centered actors for The Future of Places, the first of three linked conferences that will develop a ‘Future of Places Declaration’ to influence the [...]

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The Porch in Philadelphia before and after rightsizing / Photo: University City District

Rightsizing Streets to Create Great Public Spaces

By Seth Ullman on Feb 7, 2013 | 1 Comment

I’m a pedestrian before I’m a driver, a rider, a passenger, a worker, or a shopper. I have to walk through public space to get anywhere, and I prefer walking where there are other people, comfortable sidewalks, and crossable streets. Plants, diverse businesses, and the possibility of running into friends are bonuses. Streets built just [...]

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Welcome to the Rightsizing Streets Guide

By Gary Toth on Jan 22, 2013 | 8 Comments

Many of our streets haven’t changed in decades, even when they’ve proven dangerous, or the surrounding communities’ needs have changed. When the roads have been altered, they have often been made wider, straighter, and faster, rather than more livable.

Our Rightsizing Streets Guide aims to help planners and community members update their streets to [...]

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The first meeting of the Placemaking Leadership Council will take place in downtown Detroit, Michigan, home of the wonderful Campus Martius Park / Photo: PPS

Announcing the Placemaking Leadership Council

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 13, 2013 | 27 Comments

For those of us who are passionate about the public spaces in our communities, this is an extraordinary time. The general awareness of the importance of a strong sense of place—to the economy, to our social fabric, to human health—is growing stronger every day. Placemaking is, at this moment, being transformed from a useful tool [...]

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Streets as Places Webinar Recording Now Available Online

By David M Nelson on Jan 7, 2013 | Add Comment

Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) and the Placemaking movement make great bedfellows. That’s what PPS believes, and apparently over 800 practitioners and policymakers agree.

Eight hundred was the number of individuals who registered for the booked-solid Streets as Places webinars presented a few weeks ago by Gary Toth, Senior Director of Transportation Initiatives, and [...]

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Book Review: Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

By Brendan Crain on Dec 13, 2012 | 4 Comments

Jeff Speck’s new book, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time, is worth a read for its acerbic wit, alone. The author fits a remarkable collection of data and anecdotal evidence from his long career in urban design (which included a four-year stint at the helm of the National [...]

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Halting Freeways & Blazing Trails: An Interview With BikePed Guru Tedson Meyers

By Brendan Crain on Sep 10, 2012 | 7 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to chat, via Skype, with Tedson Meyers. Tedson is the kind of person who has accomplished so much, and been involved with so many organizations, it’s hard to introduce him without feeling like you’re going to leave out all of the important parts, no matter how hard you try–so [...]

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How Bicycling Advocacy is Changing Today: An Interview with Kit Keller

By Mina Keyes on Sep 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Kit Keller, Executive Director of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) chatted with us recently about her organization’s presence at Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place, the vital role that women have played (and continue to play) in the bicycle movement, and how walking and bicycling advocates can make the most of [...]

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Bringing the Benefits of the Urban to the Suburban: An Interview with Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh

By Mina Keyes on Aug 28, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Township of West Windsor in Mercer County, New Jersey is home to one of the busiest train stations in the country, US Route 1, and some seriously forward thinking bicycle and pedestrian development. The Township’s Mayor, Shing-Fu Hsueh, spoke with us about successes in making West Windsor more bicycle and pedestrian friendly, and efforts [...]

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