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Placemaking on an NYC Subway Car

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 10, 2007 | Add Comment

Interior decorators hijacked an F train yesterday morning, transforming Car 5929 into a cozy living room with curtains, flowers, throw pillows and rugs.

Image (c) New York Post

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Locals Chime in on Solana Beach’s Livability

By kziegenfuss@pps.org on Apr 5, 2007 | Add Comment

PPS led a Placemaking workshop in Solana Beach, CA, on March 17. Participants focused on areas around Cedros Avenue and Highway 101. Suggested improvements included wider sidewalks, more crosswalks on Highway 101, and sitting areas around the pedestrian bridges.

The event was filmed and will be a part of a documentary produced by University of [...]

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Robert Moses Reconsidered: Blight is in the Eye of the Beholder

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 3, 2007 | Add Comment

PPS Board Member Roberta Brandes Gratz reminds us what was lost when Robert Moses deemed areas ‘slums’ and tore them down in this piece from City Limits.

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Reclaiming Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, NY

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 2, 2007 | Add Comment

PPS is working with the Grand Army Plaza Coalition in Brooklyn, NY to help improve the area for pedestrians.  PPS held a workshop attended by 50 community members and discussed a vision for the dangerous plaza.

This video of the workshop from StreetFilms.org features PPS’s Kathleen Ziegenfuss and Ethan Kent.

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Want Less Traffic? Price Your Parking Right

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 2, 2007 | Add Comment

UCLA Professor Donald Shoup demonstrates that by pricing curb parking too low, cities are contributing to traffic and pollution and losing out on revenue.

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Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 29, 2007 | Add Comment

On July 15, the day after Bastille Day, Parisians will wake up to discover thousands of low-cost rental bikes at hundreds of high-tech bicycle stations scattered throughout the city, an ambitious program to cut traffic, reduce pollution, improve parking and enhance the city’s image as a greener, quieter, more relaxed place.

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Interview with Fred Kent in Urban Land

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 21, 2007 | Add Comment

This interview with Fred Kent appeared in the February 2007 issue of Urban Land:

“As an internationally known advocate for public spaces, Fred Kent, founder of the New York-based  Project for Public Spaces (PPS), sees cities – and the people who inhabit them – through the measured senses of an urban provocateur.”

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Louisville Mayor Endorses “Complete Streets” Design Guidelines

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 13, 2007 | Add Comment

“For decades, we in Louisville — and cities around the nation — have built roads only for vehicles,” said Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson in endorsement of its proposed “Complete Streets” design guidelines, which also focus on sidewalks, bike lanes and curbs easy for wheelchairs and baby-strollers, confident the new policy will rectify that old [...]

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Paris Mayor Reveals Plan to Reduce Traffic By 40%

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 12, 2007 | Add Comment

Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe has unveiled his plans to cut traffic in the capital by 40%. The plans, which also aim to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by 60%, have taken two years to come to fruition, and represent what Delanoe hopes will become his legacy for the capital.

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Nine Ways to Transform New York into a City of Great Places

By joshkent on Mar 8, 2007 | Add Comment

Although New York prides itself on its public life, New Yorkers inhabit a public realm that pales beside what it could become. “After working in cities around the world, we’ve developed a rich understanding of public spaces that begs to be put to use back in our home town,” explains PPS President Fred Kent. “New [...]

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Recognizing Jan Gehl’s Spaces Between Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

While most consider the building as the most important element of architecture, Jan Gehl’s works are appreciated by millions for emphasising what isn’t there.

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Minnesota Metropolitan Council’s Guide for Transit-Oriented Development

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 6, 2007 | Add Comment

The Council’s Guide for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) highlights key ideas about TOD and shows how these ideas have been put to work within the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

TOD is moderate to higher-density development located within easy walking distance of a major transit stop, generally with a mix of residential, employment and shopping opportunities [...]

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