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"The city is presented with all of its pockmarks and postcard shots, in a portrait of urban complexity."

Between Walking and Wandering, Power in Presence

By Brendan Crain on Nov 23, 2012 | 4 Comments

Walking and wandering are two very different things. Walking is functional; it is merely the act of getting from A to B on our own two legs. But when we wander, it is the journey–not the destination–that matters. Somewhere between these two, there has to be a happy medium. In many of today’s sprawling [...]

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“We Are the Majority! The Cars Don’t Vote!”

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

Thanks to Clarence at Streetfilms for the heads up on this: the impassioned presentation by transportation reform leader Mark Gorton during this fall’s Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place conference in Long Beach is now available in full online. If you weren’t able to make it to the conference [...]

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The Long Beach Convention Center, site of Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place 2012 / Photo: PPS

Reflections From an Engineer on Advocacy for Transportation Reform

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 23, 2012 | 18 Comments

It is hard to believe that it has already been six weeks since we convened Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place 2012. The conference inspired a multitude of ideas, forged new partnerships, and reinforced existing ones. The tone was mostly upbeat; however, owing to the frustration of those who have been calling for change for years [...]

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“I Would Let My Kids Walk to School, But…”

By Brendan Crain on Oct 12, 2012 | Add Comment

Last month, at Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place, I sat in on the session “Sh*t Parents Say and What Kids Want: Safe Routes to School,” which opened with the rather charming video posted above. Created by NJ Safe Routes with support from NJDOT and the FHWA, it features common responses [...]

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The Urban-to-Rural Transect allows for a much wider variety of street types than many road design guides.

If You Want New Solutions, Give The Problem-Solvers New Problems

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 2, 2012 | 2 Comments

“Street design manuals and land use plans are the moulds that our cities come out of,” noted Ryan Snyder during a presentation on the Model Design Manual for Living Streets at the Congress for New Urbanism’s Transportation Summit, which took place last month in Long Beach, CA. “What we need to be [...]

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The right performance measures can make great streets for all users as ubiquitous as the American arterial highway / Photo: karmacamilleeon via Flickr

Placemakers Speak Up: the DOT Wants Your Performance Measures

By David M Nelson on Sep 26, 2012 | Add Comment

The new transportation bill, Moving Ahead with Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), became law in the US on July 6th. Since then, MAP-21 has spawned a series of mini-riots in cyberspace.  Every group of professionals and advocates seems to be able to find their reasons to gather up and start lobbing rocks at [...]

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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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How to Connect Designers & Advocates: An Interview with AASHTO’s John Horsley & Jim McDonnell

By Gary Toth on Aug 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

AASHTO’s Executive Director, John Horsley, and Program Director for Engineering, Jim McDonnell, joined PPS’s Gary Toth and Mina Keyes for a discussion about the state of the bicycling and walking program and how to make better connections between designers in state, county and city DOTs and bikeped advocates.

John, a native of the Northwest, [...]

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Bicyclists fill a street during a Critical Mass ride in Vancouver / Photo: David Pritchard via Flickr

After 30 Years of Bike/Ped Advocacy, How Far Have We Come?

By Project for Public Spaces on Aug 1, 2012 | 5 Comments

In 1980, the very first Pro Bike conference was convened in Asheville, North Carolina. At the time, the movement to carve out more space for bicycling on North American streets was young, and the first conference was attended by around 100 people. Thirty-two years later, the Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place is expected to [...]

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Why We Need a Little More Chaos: An Interview With Andy Clarke

By Mina Keyes on Jul 24, 2012 | 2 Comments

 

League of American Bicyclists President Andy Clarke shared his thoughts and experiences with us at PPS on what bicycling means as a movement and how it has changed over the last 25 years. Andy, having been a part of the movement in the US since it involved just a handful of eager cyclists, [...]

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How Walking and Biking Add Value to Your Community and Change the System: An Interview with John Norquist

By Mina Keyes on Jul 10, 2012 | 6 Comments

Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place keynote speaker John Norquist, who currently serves as the President and CEO of the Congress for the New Urbanism, spoke with us recently about the role and responsibility of decision makers, what urbanists need to learn, and what CNU’s 2012 Transportation Summit—immediately preceding Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro [...]

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