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Governing Magazine - Placemaker Profile: Allan Jacobs
Feature Story:
An Introduction from Fred Kent
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his newsletter highlights examples and qualities of great streets around the world and raises the bar substantially on the challenge to change transportation as we know it. We can have great streets in every neighborhood, downtown, city and region...if we want them. PPS can help you realize this transformative movement in your own communities through our "Streets as Places" and "Thinking beyond the Station" initiatives.
Through these efforts, PPS can help communities envision how they can reclaim their streets as places; provide technical assistance to communities who want to redesign their transit facilities as destinations and community anchors; offer training, facilitation and design guidance to transportation professionals and agencies to help them achieve community economic, social and quality of life outcomes; and partner with a city's local advocates and foundations to build a broader campaign around community-based transportation planning.
Also in this Issue:
Reinventing Streets as Places
Streets account for as much as a third of the land in a city, and historically, they served as public spaces for social and economic exchanges.
Qualities of a Great Street
PPS has identified ten qualities that contribute to the success of great streets.
Attractions & Destinations. Having something to do gives people a reason to come to a place—and to return again and again...
The Benefits of Community Building Through Transportation
Growing reams of research show that communities with conveniently walkable streets and less dependence on autos for all their transportation needs see a host of other benefits.
Bold Uses on Classic Streets
The great cities of the world, both large and small, are known for their great streets- -whether grand boulevards or narrow, winding streets. They function as an urban bloodstream, pumping life through the city and connecting the most important destinations.
Touring the World's Finest Streets
A showcase of some of the world’s best streets, as nominated by you!
A central part of PPS's work is helping communities get the most out of their streets, both as transportation links for all modes of commuters and as vital places for people to enjoy.
Town Square:
My Favorite American Neighborhood
A rousing success story that shows how great streets foster great communities
Last year PPS and I published the Great Neighborhood Book , which offers hundreds of ideas from around the world about making community improvements...
