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Wider, Straighter, and Faster Not the Solution for Older Drivers

By Gary Toth on Mar 6, 2012 | 9 Comments
This approach not only fails to fix safety problems on urban and suburban arterials -- it actually makes them worse.
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San Antonio Is a Popping City!

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
San Antonio is putting a lot of energy into remaking its downtown as a place for people.
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Levels of Service and Travel Projections: The Wrong Tools for Planning Our Streets?

By Gary Toth on Feb 6, 2012 | 16 Comments
When we try to eliminate congestion from our urban areas by using decades-old traffic engineering measures and models, we are essentially using a rototiller to weed a flowerbed.
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10 Communities Selected to Receive Technical Assistance

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 16, 2012 | 5 Comments
Livability Solutions are pleased to announce the 10 communities selected to receive free technical assistance this year, thanks to a grant to Project for Public Spaces from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.These governments and organizations represent a diverse group of communities [...]
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Long Beach has been building a great network of bike lanes, making it a natural choice for next Year's Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference. Photo: waltarrr via Flickr.

Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
The 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference, to be held September 10–13 of next year Long Beach, Ca., is starting to take shape, and you can be a part of it. Do you have a proposal for a presentation? The call for submissions is now open.
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Mass protests were one factor that led to the superb cycling infrastructure of today's Netherlands.

‘How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths’

By Sarah Goodyear on Nov 30, 2011 | 7 Comments
The extensive cycling infrastructure of the Netherlands didn't happen by magic. It was the result of a lot of hard work, including massive street protests and very deliberate political decision-making.
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Due to peak-hour design, Speer Boulevard in Denver limits the northward expansion of downtown Denver while remaining empty at midday. Instead of adding value to the community, it actually limits the city economically, socially, and in every other way. It doesn't even do what it was designed to do: solve congestion during peak hour. I-25, just to the north at the top of the photo, is bumper to bumper during peak hours. The 10-lane cross-sections become a mere parking lot.

Are Complete Streets Incomplete?

By Gary Toth on Nov 17, 2011 | 48 Comments
Complete streets policies are a great start, but they are not enough to make “streets as places.”
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We're hitting the road in rural New Mexico.

Applying Context-Sensitive Solutions in Rural Communities in New Mexico

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 31, 2011 | Add Comment
What does rural livability look like? What can small towns in New Mexico do to give their residents a better quality of life?
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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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How can you create healthy places in your community? Photo: Wally Gobetz via Flickr.

New ‘Healthy Places’ Training in New York State

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
These trainings will focus on how communities can take action to promote and enable healthy living for their citizens.
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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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