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New Road Policy Means More Than Pavement

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

Toni Gold, a Senior Associate of PPS, addresses what Connecticut’s new transportation policy should look like;

“A new roads policy would accept the fact that we have hit the wall in building our way out of traffic congestion because of the reality of induced traffic. This means that as roads are widened, more traffic is [...]

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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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Mississauga square plan hailed

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

A follow-up article in the Toronto Star finds broad support from residents and experts alike for the Placemaking approach to revitalization taken in Mississauga, Canada’s 6th largest city. For related story, see “Making a square dance in Mississauga.”

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Making a square dance in Mississauga

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

PPS is nearing completion on an effort to help the city of Mississauga, Canada, activate its empty city plazas and streets. PPS staff Cynthia Nikitin and Phil Myrick worked with Fred Kent to develop a program for revitalizing the public spaces in and around downtown, including concepts for a new park and as well as [...]

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Georgia Tries to Improve Deadly Road for Walkers

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 13, 2006 | 1 Comment

As immigrants without cars settle in suburban neighborhoods, simply crossing the street to buy groceries is becoming a life-and-death activity.

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Improving Midland’s Public Spaces

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

Midland can be a city of well-connected, well-planned destinations that are engaging for people all ages.

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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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Harvard Allston Master Plan

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 10, 2006 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces was engaged by Harvard University to apply its expertise in Placemaking to the problem of how to achieve a sense of place and an attractive, active environment at Harvard’s Allston campus. Cooper Robertson & Partners is leading the Allston Initiative Master Plan, with Gehry Partners, the Olin Partnership, and Chan, Kreiger [...]

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