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Want to Apply for Free Technical Assistance? Watch the Webinar!

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 11, 2011 | Add Comment
Did you miss the webinar this week about applying for the technical assistance we’re offering under the U.S. EPA’s Building Blocks program? Never fear, we’ve got an archived copy!
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Upcoming Webinar on Applying for Free Technical Assistance

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 3, 2011 | 1 Comment
Interested in applying for our free technical assistance funded by an EPA grant, but have questions? We’re pleased to announce an upcoming webinar on the subject.
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Apply Now for Free Technical Assistance from PPS and Livability Solutions!

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
Has your community set goals for achieving improved livability, smart growth, or sustainability? Are you running into barriers in achieving these goals? We can help!
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We Need a Placemaking Rail~Volution

By Paul Salama on Oct 24, 2011 | 2 Comments
Placemakers need to be playing a larger, complementary role in the creation of transit-oriented developments, because creating better places will benefit everyone involved.
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Before and (theoretical) after conditions on Market Street.

Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up on Philadelphia Streets

By Gary Toth on Oct 20, 2011 | 2 Comments
Philadelphia is joining the ever-growing group of American cities leading the way toward livable streets.
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This shouldn't be a rare sight. Photo: D Sharon Pruitt via Flickr.

Kids Walking to School: An Endangered Species?

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
We've built our way into a terrible predicament. That doesn't mean that things can't change.
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American streets: They don't have to look like this. Photo: Ken Firestone via Flickr.

A New Manual for “Living Streets”

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
Want to make your streets better for all users? Well, we've got something you can use.
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Charisma usually requires a sense of humor: A Long Beach bike rack. Photo: waltarrrr via Flickr.

How Charismatic Is Your City?

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 4, 2011 | 6 Comments
Can cities have charisma? Of course they can. Just like people.
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Before and after, downtown Long Beach: What a difference a lane makes. Photo: jericho1ne via Flickr.

Long Beach to Host Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in 2012

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference will be headed to Long Beach, Calif., in 2012.
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Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway Connects People to Their City — By Bike

By Sarah Goodyear on Sep 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
"To be able to get around on your bike gives you a connection to the place where you live that is very different than moving around in your car."
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Placemaking and Smart Growth: Our Fred Kent to Keynote Great Neighborhoods Summit 2011

By Megan MacIver on Jun 22, 2011 | Add Comment
Join Fred tomorrow, Thursday, June 23, 2011, 8 am to noon, at UMass-Boston Campus Center.  Hosted by the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, this conference is the second gathering of leaders building vibrant, welcoming, healthy, and affordable neighborhoods.

Fred will keynote the conference and is joined by fellow speakers Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino; Richard [...]

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SHRP 2 is moving toward holistic transportation solutions, which might include some of these alterations to make the street more livable.  Image from Dan Burden.

Highway Research Moves toward Livable Transportation Solutions

By Megan MacIver on Jun 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
SHRP 2 represents a benchmark moment in the evolution of the transportation establishment toward shared decision-making and livability.
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