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Walk/Bike/Places: Early registration now open!

The premier conference in North America for walking, bicycling, and placemaking professionals from the public and private sectors.

Our Top 10 Articles of 2020

This year will be one of those that sticks in our collective memory. We offer you a tour of our most popular articles of 2020, which explore what this year has meant for public space and placemaking.

Market Cities Initiative

Working in partnership with HealthBridge Foundation of Canada and Slow Food International, the Market Cities Initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of regional policy, governance, and investment strategies to help entire public market networks thrive.

Master's Program in Urban Placemaking and Management

Learn an integrated approach to public space design, programming, and management through Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment.

Programs

Placemaking

Imagine a world where everyone has the opportunity to shape public space.

Public Markets

Cultivating hubs of health, community, and opportunity.

Articles

What is Placemaking?

What Makes a Successful Place?

Social Alchemy: Jim Walker on Placemaking as Utopian Experiment

Six Trends in Placemaking & Active Transportation from Walk/Bike/Places 2021

Place Governance Roundup: Three Ways NYC Could Better Care for Its Streets

The Joy of Being In: Dr. Mindy Fullilove on Trauma, Healing, and Main Street