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Tomorrow, December 21, is your last change to have your say on the program Walk/Bike/Places 2021, so take a few minutes to review and vote for your favorite breakout session proposals! Vote now.
Survey • Market Cities Initiative Feedback
Project for Public Spaces' Market Cities Initiative has been busy producing webinars, reports, and articles about strengthening citywide public market networks. Give us your feedback on what we've been up to this year to focus our efforts in 2021!
More Events & Opportunities
Jan. 8, 2021 • Call for Proposals: 2021 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence, Urban Open Space Category, Urban Land Institute
Jan. 8, 2021 • Webinar: Small Is Mighty: How Small Urban Ecology Projects Are Having Big Impacts (and How You Can Contribute), Park People
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Giving Fairpark a Fair Shot. The Utah State Fairpark (above) announced that it will run a summer food-focused market in and around their historic livestock barns facing a nearby light rail station station, based on a 2019 feasibility study by Project for Public Spaces, CRSA Architects, and Zions Public Finance Inc. (Building Salt Lake)
The New Politics of Public Space. Ben Rogers, departing Founding Director of the Centre for London, argues that diverse political movements in 2020, from racial justice to climate crisis to anti-privatization, have shifted public space to the center of our civic conversation. (Centre for London)
"I'll Be Fierce for All of Us." Speaking of which, President-elect Joe Biden, in a historic move, has chosen Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the U.S. Interior Department, responsible for managing federal public lands and tribal relations. If confirmed by the Senate, the New Mexico Democrat and Laguna Pueblo woman who cooked for protestors at Standing Rock, would be the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary. (Indian Country Today)
Amtrak Joe Picks Mayor Pete for USDOT. Biden also selected South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg to be the next Transportation secretary. Some are cautiously optimistic about what this might mean for people-oriented streets and transit, based on his presidential platform, while others criticized Buttigeieg's transportation experience and record on racial justice. (StreetsBlog USA)
Highway Boondoggles. While budgets across the board have taken a big hit due to the coronavirus pandemic and lack of federal support, $26 billion of wasteful and destructive highway projects have been left untouched. (CityLab)
The Evolving Ecosystem of the Streets. Two centuries ago, the bicycle upset the delicate balance of New York City streets, only to be banned for 40 years. Today, the e-scooter is facing a similarly rocky adjustment period, but one day, history suggests, they will seem normal and maybe even essential. (Curbed)
Changing the Streetscape for Good. The pandemic led to a mass experiment in closing streets to cars. New Yorkers embraced the change and want permanent spaces for playing, dining, and performing. (New York Times)
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Here is our roundup of 10 inspiring placemaking ideas from the week:
- Black landscapes that matter (Next City)
- An overpass reclaimed as a playground that responds to the landscape in Calgary (CBC)
- A program in New York City to allow permits for outdoor arts performances (Daily News)
- The feminist city, a city that supports the labor of care (City Monitor)
- The latest challenge for outdoor dining: snow (New York Times)
- The strict guidelines in Kyoto that turn brands brown (Bored Panda)
- Bogotà's process for translating 7,000 citizen proposals into one plan to redesign a thoroughfare (TheCityFix)
- The magic number for reducing COVID transmission while keeping businesses open (New York Times)
- The stuff our cities should keep after the pandemic (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Italy's 1,500 floral pop-up vaccine pavilions (CNN)
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