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		<title>Levels of Service and Travel Projections: The Wrong Tools for Planning Our Streets?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/levels-of-service-and-travel-projections-the-wrong-tools-for-planning-our-streets/</link>
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		<title>Placemaking Goes to Ireland!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“How to Turn a Place Around in Ireland” will introduce new ways of thinking about public spaces and how Placemaking can be used to bring communities together and revitalize underperforming spaces.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/placemaking-goes-to-ireland/</link>
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		<title>10 Communities Selected to Receive Technical Assistance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project for Public Spaces and our partners at Livability Solutions are pleased to announce the 10 communities selected to receive free technical assistance this year, thanks&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/10-communities-selected-to-receive-technical-assistance/</link>
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		<title>Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article also appears in the current issue of Public Art Review.
“It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people; what&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/articles/collaborative-creative-placemaking-good-public-art-depends-on-good-public-spaces/</link>
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		<title>Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/submit-your-proposal-for-the-2012-pro-walkpro-bike-conference/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;A Day in the Life of a Pop-Up Café&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A time-lapse video shows just how much social value you can get by turning a parking spot into a place for people.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pop-up-cafe/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Bring to Light&#8217; Reimagines Public Space With Artistic Spectacle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bring  to Light is an immersive nighttime  event on New York City’s waterfront that presents site-specific  installations of light, sound, performance, and projection art, reconfiguring public space to showcase  possibilities for change.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/bring-to-light-reimagines-public-space-with-artistic-spectacle/</link>
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		<title>Looking to the Future at First Park Art Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re interested in building the future of this innovative urban space in New York, you should definitely be there this weekend.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/looking-to-the-future-at-first-park-art-park/</link>
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		<title>Turning Down the Music in Washington Square Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The parks department is cracking down on performers in Washington Square in the name of providing some peace and quiet for parkgoers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/turning-down-the-music-in-washington-square-park/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths/</link>
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		<title>Mapping the Future of San Antonio&#8217;s Downtown, Digitally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digital Placemaking expands and enhances the work that PPS does face-to-face with community members and municipal officials to create great places and to plan for more livable, sustainable communities.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/mapping-the-future-of-san-antonios-downtown-digitally/</link>
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		<title>Are Complete Streets Incomplete?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Complete streets policies are a great start, but they are not enough to make “streets as places.” ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/are-complete-streets-incomplete/</link>
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		<title>Skateboarders Bring a Mall to Life After Hours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very interesting video of skateboarders and roller skaters using indoor space in an East London shopping mall after hours.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/skateboarders-bring-a-mall-to-life-after-hours/</link>
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		<title>Zuccotti Park Is Empty, for Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The police action here, as well as the actions breaking up other Occupy encampments, will no doubt keep the spotlight on the use of public spaces for political expression.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/zuccotti-park-is-empty-for-now/</link>
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		<title>Want to Apply for Free Technical Assistance? Watch the Webinar!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you miss the webinar this week about applying for the technical assistance we’re offering under the U.S. EPA’s Building Blocks program? Never fear, we’ve got an archived copy!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/want-to-apply-for-free-technical-assistance-watch-the-webinar/</link>
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		<title>Zuccotti Park and OWS: &#8220;A Stiff, Clarifying Test&#8221; for Privately Owned Public Spaces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just how public are New York's publicly owned private spaces? Fred Kent discusses the question with WNYC's Brian Lehrer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/zuccotti-park-and-ows-a-stiff-clarifying-test-for-privately-owned-public-spaces/</link>
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		<title>Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Transform Your Public Spaces Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper is a lower-risk and lower-cost local development strategy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/articles/lighter-quicker-cheaper/</link>
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		<title>Harvesting the Positive Potential of Detroit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the streets of Central Detroit, a sense of place -- and possibility -- isn't always easy to come by. But a harvest festival showed how many good things could happen.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/harvesting-the-positive-potential-of-detroit/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Webinar on Applying for Free Technical Assistance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in applying for our free technical assistance funded by an EPA grant, but have questions? We’re pleased to announce an upcoming webinar on the subject.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/training/upcoming-webinar-on-applying-for-free-technical-assistance/</link>
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		<title>People Are Talking About Placemaking&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Placemaking is in the news these days, and it's got us thinking that we are at an exciting moment in history.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/people-are-talking-about-placemaking/</link>
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		<title>Your Picks for the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask yourself, what are the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada? You might be surprised at the winner of our poll.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/your-picks-for-the-top-100-public-spaces-in-the-u-s-and-canada/</link>
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		<title>Applying Context-Sensitive Solutions in Rural Communities in New Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does rural livability look like? What can small towns in New Mexico do to give their residents a better quality of life?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/training/applying-context-sensitive-solutions-in-rural-communities-in-new-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Crowd-Sourcing the Lowdown on New York&#8217;s Privately Owned Public Spaces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zuccotti Park is just one of dozens of privately owned public spaces around New York.  Just how public are these places? How accessible and welcoming? How pleasant and well-maintained?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/blog/crowd-sourcing-the-lowdown-on-new-yorks-privately-owned-public-spaces/</link>
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		<title>Wider, Straighter, Faster Roads Aren’t Always Safer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conceived to protect human lives, the so-called “forgiving design” of our roads is having the opposite effect.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pps.org/articles/wider-straighter-faster-roads-aren%e2%80%99t-always-safer/</link>
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