Transportation
Transportation

For most of human history, streets served as public spaces where crucial social and economic exchanges took place. That’s changed dramatically over the last 70 years, as planning policies favored cars over people–a huge loss since streets can take up as much as one-third of a community’s land.

Ironically, this single-minded pursuit of creating efficiency for the automobile has also failed to successfully address transportation issues. Which goes to show that, as PPS has long said, “If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.”

Read our approach to transportation


Articlesview all

Touring the World’s Finest Streets

A showcase of some of the world’s best streets–as nominated by you!

Smart Transportation Investments for Our Future

A wave of new transit projects bring major economic, social and environmental benefits

Back to Basics in Transportation Planning

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.


Projectsview all

San Mateo Peninsula Corridor Plan
San Mateo County, CA
(2001-2004)

New York City Streets Renaissance
New York, NY
(2005-Present)

Transit Oriented Development for the Tappan Zee Bridge Corridor
Rockland and Westchester Counties, NY
(2009-Present)

Littleton Places
Littleton, NH
(2003-2004)

Training: Streets as Places April 22-23
Placemaking Initiative: Building Community through Transportation
For more information on PPS's Transportation program, contact: Steve Davies

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