- The momentum continues to grow in communities around the world to establish biking, walking and public transportation as essential components of a healthy transportation network.…
- Urban critic, journalist, and long-time PPS board member Roberta Gratz is the author of a new book, “The Battle for Gotham: New York in the…
- We’re excited to announce that PPS has been chosen as a beneficiary of a week-long Earth Day fundraiser at Urban Outfitters, a store which carries…
- Holly Whyte wrote in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, “If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food…Food attracts…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: - The Toronto Public Space Committee advocates for the corner of one of the city’s busiest…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: - Massachusetts is going to make its transportation data available to software developers in an effort…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: - Culturally booming downtown LA celebrates with its own film festival [MovieMaker] - A Washington, DC…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: - A Blue Movement: New York City residents fight for meaningful community input in waterfront projects…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking, and citizen action: Embracing impermanence: flexible use of shared space creates a vibrant environment. [Worldchanging] Five great ideas for…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking, and citizen action: Does “right-sizing” have the potential to solve Detroit’s problems? [Detroit Free Press] Dumpster diving: in Brooklyn,…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking, and citizen action: Making Abu Dhabi’s streets safer for pedestrians. [The National] New Urbanism and adaptive reuse take hold…
- The latest in urban planning, placemaking, and citizen action: In praise of spontaneous expression: New Geography on Orlando’s street performer ban. [New Geography] The cure for ”cul-de-sac…