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Free Parking Eliminated In Seattle

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 21, 2006 | Add Comment

New solar-powered pay kiosks are increasing city revenue at formerly metered or free spaces, and new plans are afoot to rollback after hours free parking, meaning nights and weekends could cost drivers.

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In Rockville’s Public Square, Doing as the Romans

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 18, 2006 | Add Comment

With comparisons to Piazza Campo del Fiori in Rome, a new public square in Rockville, MD, “will demonstrate why public open spaces conceived in the abstract, with design focused only on formal attributes, often yield dead spaces. To succeed, such spaces also must be enriched and enlivened by activity.

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PPS on NPR’s Weekend America

By stsay@pps.org on Apr 18, 2006 | Add Comment

Fred Kent spoke with NPR’s Weekend America about how cities can provide safety – through design. (Real Player required to listen)

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Woman Ticketed For Crossing Street Too Slowly

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 18, 2006 | 2 Comments

This is not a joke. In Sunland, CA, an 82-year-old woman was fined $114 for failing to cross the five-lane Foothill Boulevard before the signal turned to Don’t Walk.

While the police claim that she entered the crosswalk after the light changed, she maintains the signal was green when she began walking, and that she [...]

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Bikes Connecting Bogota and the South Bronx

By kziegenfuss@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

An interview with Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogota, Columbia, and Majora Carter, Executive Director/Founder of Sustainable South Bronx, on how bikes are connecting the South Bronx with the capital of Colombia and creating more livable cities.

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Bikes Connecting Bogota and the South Bronx

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

An interview with Enrique Penaloso, former Mayor of Bogota, Columbia, and Majora Carter, Executive Director/Founder of Sustainable South Bronx, on how bikes are connecting the South Bronx with the capital of Columbia and creating more livable cities.

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Plan Pushes Revamp of Dallas Farmers Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

It’s not just about fruits and vegetables anymore.

By decade’s end, the increasingly shabby Dallas Farmers Market would become a sparkling focal point of downtown, rife with restaurants, shops, festivals, entertainment and, of course, food, according to a renovation plan obtained Friday night.

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Hospitals’ Menus Get Healthy

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

In a new arrangement that began Monday, Marin General Hospital began receiving twice-weekly deliveries of fruits and vegetables from the Marin Farmers Market. The hospital spends $15,000 a month on produce. Much of this will now come from Bay Area organic farmers who supply the farmers market.

“The hospital is ultimately planning to buy all [...]

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The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

Community gardens add value to neighboring properties in New York City, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods, according to this NYU Law School publication.

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Corridors and Clay

By stsay@pps.org on Apr 11, 2006 | Add Comment

To make citizens think about their streets, give them hard facts. Or clay buildings. Metropolis Magazine covers the Living Streets Project.

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Fayetteville, AK Farmers’ Market Diversifies with help of a PPS grant

By stsay@pps.org on Apr 3, 2006 | Add Comment

The Fayetteville Farmers’ Market opened its doors Saturday not only to a new year, but also to new diversity, as part of a national initiative through which Project for Public Spaces has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.

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The Long Walk: A year on foot in Minneapolis

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 28, 2006 | Add Comment

Inspired by a visit to Copenhagen, “arguably one of the most walkable cities on the planet,” a Minneapolis native is determined to follow the Danish example.

“What did I find, after a year of strolling the curiously gum-free streets and sidewalks of my home city? Walking is easy. Minneapolis is not.”

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