It’s hard to believe that just two weeks ago we were meeting new friends and old placemakers, riding through the night streets on Blue Bikes, and eating Jambalaya until our hearts hurt at the 2018 Walk/Bike/Places Conference in New Orleans. This particular conference is always an adventure—full of passionate bike and pedestrian advocates, urban planners, and transportation professionals who are ready to change the world one bike lane at a time (seriously!)—but this year may have been our favorite yet. At the very heart of Walk/Bike/Places 2018, and running through every aspect of the event and its planning, was a critical and sustained focus on the ongoing inequity and mobility challenges that exist in our cities, our organizations, and even sometimes in our own approaches to placemaking.
Be sure to check out our recent recap on the PPS blog to learn more about the conference's Equity Statement, and how the local culture of creativity and collaboration in New Orleans made it a truly memorable event.
More from the PPS blog:
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- Detailed New National Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life (NYT)
- The Woman Who Fought Transit Segregation in 19th-Century New York (CityLab)
- Passing the Planning Mic to the Next Generation, Today (NextCity)
- Detroit Streetlight Effort Dramatically Reduces Ped Deaths (Streetsblog)
- Detroit Releases Wide-Ranging, Ambitious Transportation Strategic Plan (Curbed)
- What Would a Truly Walkable City Look Like (TheGuardian)
- Court: It’s Cruel and Unusual to Ban Homeless from Sleeping on Streets (Planetizen)
- Architecture and Criticism: By the People, for the People? (ArchDaily)
- Podcast: "Monorails and PRT" featuring PPS's Gary Toth (Looking Back at Tomorrow)
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“When you see a problem, think of a solution that is public, democratic, institutional, and universal. Think of a solution that solves the problem for everybody at the root.”
— Anand Giridharadas
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Downtown Detroit
Detroit, MI
PPS visited Detroit this week to reconnect with friends and partners, and to tour the network of public spaces that have made the city’s downtown revival story one that is unparalleled in the U.S.! We’ve been working on many of these projects for two decades, and we’re beyond excited for what’s to come. |
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| ...There’s still much work to be done in bringing the energy and investment of downtown into surrounding neighborhoods and communities. But Detroiters have been placemaking since well before the practice had a name, and if the city has shown us anything, it’s that they’re in it to win it, often against all odds, and that no challenge is too great. |
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Nominate a Great Public Space here!
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- PPS Training: "How to Create Successful Markets" (NYC: October 12-13, 2018)
- Event(s): Tāmaki Makaurau - Placemaking Week New Zealand (Auckland, NZ: October 12-21, 2018)
- Event: Christchurch Conversations: Ethan Kent (Christchurch, NZ: October 18, 2018)
- Conference: Healthy City Design International 2018 (London, UK: October 15-16, 2018)
- Conference: EcoDistricts Summit (Minneapolis, MN: Oct 17-18, 2018)
- Event: FESTA 2018 (Christchurch, NZ: October 19-22, 2018)
- Conference: The Art of City Building (Halifax, NS: October 28-29, 2018)
- Event: CoDesign Studio Masterclass, Placemaking Fundamentals (Brisbane, AUS: October, 18, 2018: Adelaide, AUS: October 29, 2018)
- CFP: EDRA50, Sustainable Urban Environments (Deadline: November 12, 2018)
- Conference: EDRA50, Sustainable Urban Environments (Brooklyn, NY: May 22-26, 2019)
- Conference: 10th International Public Markets Conference (London, UK: June 6-8, 2019)
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NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! The 2018 Revised Edition of How to Turn a Place Around, 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.
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Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected]. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.
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