"Streets as Places," is a two-day transportation/Placemaking training course. The goal of the course is to introduce participants to new ways of thinking about streets as public spaces and how Placemaking can be used to build great streets and great communities. It is intended for anyone who is interested in creating a great street, including transportation professionals who want to learn more about how streets can help to build communities, civic and elected officials who realize that greater economic impact can result from changing the way that roads are designed, and citizen activists who understand that the time for change is now.

Presentations and discussion will center on how streets, roads, and transit facilities can be designed and managed to benefit communities, in addition to serving mobility needs. Practical tools for assessing a variety of street typologies and case studies of cities which have moved beyond solvi ng mobility problems to community building will be presented, and participants will be encouraged to discuss their own projects as well as share experiences and ideas with each other. The training session will include discussion of some recent street improvement projects in New York City, an on-site Placemaking street audit, seminar-style lectures, and open discussions about current transportation issues and challenges facing cities today.

Specific topics will include:

• Context Sensitive Solutions - designing streets and roads for community outcomes and benefits
• Walkability - designing streets to link destinations
• Transit (Thinking Beyond the Station) - how to create transit stops and stations that function as places in communities 
• Land Use - how smart land use decisions can leverage transportation investments most effectively 
• Placemaking on Streets - a series of tools and techniques for designing streets as places
• Community Engagement - making the process effective and painless
• How to Engage Transportation Agencies - get the outcomes you want for your community
• Street Management - how to manage through BIDs/Partnerships/Alliances
• Long Range Transportation Planning and Project Development - engaging stakeholders in making important decisions about long-term transportation investments