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Liberty Lands |
Two-acre park reclaimed from vacant urban land, featuring a community garden, local artwork, a children's playground, and other amenities.…
Article: Pittsburgh’s Ready to Roll: A Bike Tour Preview for Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place
From sharrows to bike lanes, curb cuts to pedestrian plazas, cities of all shapes and sizes are becoming much friendlier places for people to get around without…
Article: Bike Lanes: The New Job Creators?
Long Beach shows how bicycling and walking investments can add value to a community and improve quality of life.…
Article: Taking Back Main Street in Hailey, Idaho
Can a city re-design its Main Street to the human scale? The town of Hailey, Idaho set out to answer this question in 2015, starting with Highway 75, a primary thoroughfare for multiple towns in the Wood River Valley.…
Article: Park_waterfronts
LIBERTY STATE PARK Jersey City, New Jersey (1997-1998).…
Article: Urban Land Magazine on Placemaking
Project for Public Spaces Writes Feature Article in Urban Land Magazine on Placemaking.…
Article: Safer, More Livable Streets through Bike Lanes
Floating parking and bike lanes are low-cost interventions that can change the way a street is experienced, slow traffic and make sidewalks more livable.…
Article: A Glossary of Road Diet Strategies
Bike Lanes. Bike lanes encourage biking, and can improve safety.…
Article: Press Clips: Forget the Fragile Lands: It's Time to Hit the City!
When it comes to ecotourism, forget the fragile lands--it's time to hit the city!…
Article: City Experiments by Adding Color to Bus Lanes
With support from the Federal Highway Administration, New York City will be the first locality in the United States to test painted bus lanes, the city’s Department…
Article: Rightsizing Strategies Glossary
Two-Way Left Turn Lanes.…
Article: Places for People
Why do some parks flourish while others fail? M. Christine DeVita, President of the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, shows why community involvement is key. From Trust for Public Land's "Land and People" magazine.…
Article: Realizing a Community’s Vision for East Boulevard
Charlotte, NC Phase 1: 4 Lanes → 3 Lanes with bike and pedestrian improvements Phase 2: 5 Lanes → 3 Lanes with bike and pedestrian improvements Phase 3: 4 Lanes…
Article: Boulevards
lanes on either side by tree-lined medians.…
Article: Small Community of Bridgeport Rightsized their Main Street in Record Time
Bridgeport, CA 5 → 3 Lanes + Parking, Bike, and Pedestrian Improvements. Bridgeport in Mono County.…
Article: Integrating Land Use and Transportation Planning through Placemaking
Transportation—the process of going to a place—can be wonderful if we rethink the idea of transportation itself.…
Article: A Guide to Transit-Friendly Streets
How to achieve harmony among motorists, public transit users, bicycles and pedestrians.…
Article: Broadway Boulevard: Transforming Manhattan’s Most Famous Street
New York, NYVaried Configuration, Including Conversion of Some Travel Lanes to Pedestrian Plazas.…
Article: Edgewater Drive: Improving Safety and Supporting a Main Street
Orlando, FL4 Lanes → 3 Lanes + Bike Lanes. Photo Credit: City of Orlando.…
Article: Federal Highway Administration Sets the Record Straight on Road Narrowing, Separated Bike Lanes
Thanks to an important report recently released by FHWA, rather than being turned away or silenced, Placemaking and active transportation advocates will now be armed with the facts when approaching their local DOTs with ideas for safer street designs.…
Article: Stone Way: 1 of 34 Rightsizing Projects Making Seattle Safer and More Livable
Seattle, WA4 Lanes → 3 Lanes + bike lanes. Photo Credit: Seattle DOT. Since 1972, Seattle has installed 34 rightsizing road projects.…
Article: Gateway Parks and Trails Fact Sheet
Emerging from the St. Louis 2004 Parks and Open Space Task Force, Gateway Parks and Trails 2004 was incorporated in January, 1999. Its purpose is to oversee the Clean Water, Safe Parks and Community Trails Initiative, a proposal to create a metropolitan recreation district…
Article: Prospect Park West: Overcoming Controversy to Improve Safety and Mobility in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY3 → 2 Lane Configuration + Protected Bike Lanes. Photo Credit: Seth Ullman.…
Article: Improving Safety for All Users: Rightsizing Nebraska Avenue in Tampa, Florida
Tampa, FL4 Lane → 3 Lane Conversion + Bike Lanes. Photo Credit: Florida DOT.…
Article: LargeUrbanParks
LIBERTY STATE PARKJersey City, New Jersey (1997-1998).…
Article: Transportation Investments for People, Not Traffic
Gary Toth and Sharon Roerty weigh in on the Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit…
Article: How to Restore Walking as a Way of Life
In light of these findings, it’s scary to realize that traffic on many if not most American roads travels closer to 40 mph than 20 mph. Here’s a few of practical steps to slow speeds, deter distracted driving and help make walking a safer, comfortable and enjoyable experience for everyone. This is where Vision Zero hits the road.…
Article: Bridgeport Way Overhaul Created a Safer and More Walkable Main Street
University Place, WA5 Lanes → 4 Lanes + Bike Lanes + Sidewalks. Photo Credit: City of University Place.…
Article: Road Diet Case Study: Quick to Arrive at East 55
The multimodal reinvention of East 55th Street in Chicago, IL, makes getting to and from University of Chicago campus faster, easier, and safer.…
Article: Road Diet Case Study: Trailing Along the Triple Bottom Line
The installation of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail in Indianapolis, IN, truly acknowledges the potential of the trail as an interactive system to provide solutions with people, profit, and planet in mind.…
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