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Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Transform Your Public Spaces Now

By Project for Public Spaces on May 22, 2012 | Add Comment
A low-cost, high-impact incremental framework for improving your community in short order

“Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” (LQC) describes a local development strategy that has produced some of the world’s most successful public spaces — one that is lower risk and lower cost, capitalizing on the creative energy of the community to efficiently generate new uses [...]

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Pedestrians are all too often left quite literally in the ditch. Photo: Transportation for America via Flickr

Wider, Straighter, Faster Roads Aren’t Always Safer

By Pippa Brashear on Oct 26, 2011 | 2 Comments
Conceived to protect human lives, the so-called “forgiving design” of our roads is having the opposite effect.
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Traffic Calming 101

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | 2 Comments
An overview of the tools and techniques used to reduce traffic congestion, slow down vehicle speeds, and make streets safer for all users.
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Integrating Land Use and Transportation Planning through Placemaking

By Gary Toth on Apr 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
Transportation—the process of going to a place—can be wonderful if we rethink the idea of transportation itself.
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Back to Basics in Transportation Planning

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
PPS transportation director Gary Toth reflects on how we lost our way in traffic planning and what we can do to get back on track.
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Touring the World’s Finest Streets

By Project for Public Spaces on May 1, 2008 | Add Comment
A showcase of some of the world's best streets--as nominated by you!
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Planning for mobility has created places not even enjoyable to move through.

From Place to Place: Shifting the Transportation Paradigm with Placemaking

By Ethan Kent on Aug 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
“Transportation planning can shift from being the primary engine of community degradation, to the driving force of community development. Through re-envisioning our cities, transportation systems and economies around destinations we will make feasible the more sustainable transportation modes of mass transit, walking and bicycling.”
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Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: A Low-Cost, High-Impact Approach

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 21, 2011 | 11 Comments
We have to find efficient, creative, profitable, collaborative ways to turn public spaces into treasured community places.
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Placemaking for Smart Growth

By Megan MacIver on Jun 22, 2011 | Add Comment
PPS is recognized for our success in helping communities enhance their unique sense of place, promote active, healthy lifestyles, foster contact between diverse populations, and work towards environmental sustainability.
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What if sustainable development was shaped around comfortable places for people?

The Power of Place: A New Dimension for Sustainable Development

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 21, 2011 | Add Comment
Placemaking offers a valuable tool communities can use to get back in control of their future and their environment.
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Building Community through Transportation

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 10, 2010 | 2 Comments
Inspiring citizens, policy makers, and the transportation industry to reshape transportation networks and streets into places.
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What Can We Learn about Road Safety from the Dutch?

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 1, 2010 | 3 Comments
Thirty years ago, the Netherlands, a country about twice in size and in population as New Jersey, was despondent over the high fatality rate on its roads. Now, the Netherlands is a leader in roadway safety and innovative street design that supports all users.
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