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- What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?
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Governing Magazine - Placemaker Profile: Allan Jacobs
Transportation is about places
For 30 years, PPS has been working to create streets, bus stops and train stations that not only accommodate traffic, but also become places that benefit communities socially, economically and environmentally.
PPS's Approach to Transportation »
Building Community through Transportation: Recognizing that this is a key moment to make wise transportation decisions that will influence our quality of life for years to come, PPS has undertaken a campaign to transform transportation policy, practice and design to support Placemaking and create walkable, healthy and sustainable communities. |
Featured PPS Project
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- New York City Streets Renaissance
- A growing coalition of community groups, elected officials, business leaders, and concerned citizens from across the five boroughs who are working together to bring long-overdue, common sense improvements to our neighborhood streets.
PPS Transportation Articles
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PPS PHOTO CONTEST!
PPS is developing a guidebook for average citizens who are interested in knowing how to engage their Departments of Transportation to create effective transportation changes in their communities. This publication will be crammed with useful information, and we’re looking for your input when it comes to large-scale photographs to compliment and embellish this input: we want you, our community, to be involved in the creation of this exciting community guide!
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Rethinking the Urban Speedway
For decades, highway engineers focused on designing wider, straighter, faster roads. Now, moving traffic quickly is no longer the sole goal.
Governing Magazine, October 2005 -
The Future of Transportation is Now
Gary Toth and PPS are putting a new paradigm of street design and land use to work in New Jersey.
