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New Hampshire Long Range Transportation Plan

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
New Hampshire (2005 - 2006). Faced with rapid land-use development throughout the state and the prospect that this trend will continue through the next 25 years, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation set out to learn how this growth will impact the state's transportation system, and what can be done to manage it.
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Focus on Place: A New Planning Framework

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2005 | Add Comment
Montgomery County, MD (2005). The County is encouraging vibrant, mixed-use centers and attractive boulevards to ensure economic growth for the county while enhancing the quality of life of its residents.
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Congress Street Master Plan

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2005 | Add Comment
Tucson, Arizona (2004-2005). Congress Street used to be the Main Street of Tucson, with a remarkable variety of large and small shops, theaters, music, and Tucson's first skyscraper. PPS was part of a team hired by the City of Tucson to create a master plan and revitalization strategy for Congress Street.
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“Stations as Places” Training

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2005 | Add Comment
New Jersey (2005). In 2005, PPS trained NJ TRANSIT staff to better identify deficiencies in the agency's train stations, take the appropriate remedial actions, and turn the stations into great assets both for the transit agency and the communities they serve.
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Colma

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
Colma, San Mateo County, California (2001-2004). PPS developed a plan for creating a "new" downtown along six blocks of Mission Street (El Camino Real) flanking the BART station entryway, to serve new and existing residents and to create a shopping district within the town's borders.
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San Carlos

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
San Mateo County, CA (2001 - 2004). The San Carlos project illustrates how Placemaking strategies can help pull together many positive, but somewhat unconnected projects being carried out by the city, transportation agency merchants, and private developers.
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A Vision for Allen and Pike Streets

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | 1 Comment
Lower Manhattan, New York, NY (2004). United Neighborhoods to Revitalize Allen & Pike Streets (UNRAP), a coalition of neighborhood organizations, hired PPS to undertake a community-based study of Allen and Pike Streets.
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San Mateo Peninsula Corridor Plan

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
San Mateo County, CA (2001-2004). PPS is working in seven cities along El Camino Real to create a series of local Main Streets instead of a road that drivers speed through.
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South San Francisco, CA

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
San Mateo County, CA (2001 - 2004). The Peninsula Corridor Planning effort built upon the city's recently revised general plan.
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Redwood City

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
Redwood City, San Mateo County, California (2001-2004). The Peninsula Corridor Plan study in Redwood City focused on redesigning El Camino Real to improve the safety and ease of pedestrian circulation and suggested traffic calming solutions near the station.
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Belmont

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
San Mateo County, CA (2001 - 2004). PPS worked directly with the Places and Urban Design Visioning Committee to outline a series of strategies.
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Littleton Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
Littleton, NH (2003-2004). Littleton took advantage of a scheduled improvement on Main Street to reconsider the purpose of the street as a gravity center for the community. PPS was hired to lead the town's visioning process.
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