This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces [1] connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement. In this edition, we hope to support the global momentum around creating better public transit for all people, prioritizing those with fewer means and higher dependency on these systems.

The 3rd International Placemaking Week [2] in Chattanooga is finally here! Stay tuned from October 1-4 for live Twitter coverage [3] of the event.

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FROM PORTALS TO PLACES [4]

We recently launched our Portals to Places initiative that focuses on creating transit facilities and a public realm that support riders, with a special emphasis on buses. We hope to support the global momentum around creating better public transit for all people, prioritizing those with fewer means and higher dependency on these systems. Read more [4].

More from the Project for Public Spaces Blog

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How a Humble Bus Stop Can Anchor a Whole Neighborhood [5]

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The Movement for Youth-Led Placemaking is Growing Up [6]

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Centering Equity at Placemaking Week [7]

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ICYMI: Come Play with Us in Chattanooga this October [8]

Don't Move People Out of Distressed Places. Instead, Revitalize Them (CityLab [9])
How lagging late-night transit harms vulnerable workers (Curbed [10])
Barcelona's car-free 'superblocks' could save hundreds of lives (The Guardian [11])
From Dead Store to Pop-Up Social Infrastructure (CityLab [12])
20 photographers document 65 NYC block parties (New York Times [13]) (en español [14])
How to Build a New Park So Its Neighbors Benefit (CityLab [15])
How University City District, Pennsylvania is defining and measuring justice in public space (Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking [16])

“What if we treated our bus stops as nodes to cluster convenient goods and services? What if we recognied them as part of our social infrastructure, rather than simply as part of our mobility infrastructure?"

— Nidhi Gulati, Program Manager, Transportation,
Project for Public Spaces [5]

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Flint Farmers Market | Flint, MI [17]

The results are in! Flint Farmers Market has been selected as one of American Farmland Trust's top regional markets [18] this year and is our choice for this month's public space spotlight! The market is open year round and serves as an inclusive community hub. Read more [17].

Nominate a Great Public Space here [19]!

PPS Conference: 3rd International Placemaking Week [2] (Chattanooga, TN: October 1-4, 2019)
PPS Sneak Peek: Navigating Main Streets as Places: A People-First Transportation Toolkit [20], (Launching October 2)
PPS Workshop: From Portals to Places [21], 2019 TRANSform Conference, New York, NY (October 16)
PPS Event: Gender Equal Cities: Designing Gender-Sensitive Public Space with Sally Kneeshaw [22], Placemaking Speaker Series, Project for Public Spaces, New York, NY (November 7)
PPS Job: Senior Communications Associate [23], Project for Public Spaces

Online Course: Placemaking Training for Government (Australia) [24], CoDesign Studio (October 10-14)
Conference: New Zealand Placemaking Week [25], Various Locations, New Zealand (October 11-20)
Conference: Conscious Cities Festival 2019 [26], New York, NY (October 15-18)
Job: Development & Communications Manager [27], Coastal Watershed Council (Due: October 31)
Job: Economic and Cultural Place Maker [28], Town of Rocky Mount, VA (Open until filled)

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GET YOUR COPY!
The 2018 Revised Edition of How to Turn a Place Around [30], PPS's comprehensive guide to placemaking, with new tools and case studies, a vibrant updated design, and a brand new section on how to run a successful placemaking process. Order now [30]!

Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected] [31]. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.