• 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.

• Going Places

  21 great places that show how transportation can enliven a community.

• The Road Ahead

  PPS and the Federal Highway Administration are ushering in a new era of transportation planning.
  Making Places Newsletter, January 2004

• Balancing Street Space for Pedestrians and Vehicles

  Suggested techniques to gauge the amount of street space needed by pedestrians and vehicles.

• Traffic Calming 101

  An overview of the tools and techniques used to reduce traffic congestion, slow down vehicle speeds, and make streets safer for all users.

• Shame on You: Queens Boulevard

  Want to make a dangerous intersection safer? Here's how not to do it.

• Creating Community Places: An Antidote to Sprawl
  
  Looking for strategies to combat sprawl? Read about the PPS approach.

• Transit-Friendly Streets

  Ways to achieve an equilibrium among street-users, including public transit, cars, bicycles, and pedestrians.

• Mass Transit, or Mass Marketing?

• How to Create Great Streets and Public Spaces

• The Champion of Dayton

  Dr. Minnie Fells Johnson uses the power of public transit to create public places that revitalize the community.

• Big Things in Littleton

  Placemaking boosts small towns as well as cities, as seen in PPS's ambitious New Hampshire work.

• Transit to the Rescue

  Got traffic congestion? See how PPS is helping California's San Mateo County relieve gridlock by boosting transit ridership and bringing street life back to car-dominated downtowns.

• Finding a Place for Parking
  
  Parking spaces usually diminish public spaces -- but it doesn't have to be that way.

• Lessons from Paris

  Mayor Bertrand Delanoë's aggressive campaign to reclaim city streets for people is a political winner.

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