Join Project for Public Spaces to celebrate the release of a three-part series about how citizens can improve their streets. PPS staff both past and present, who were responsible for putting the publications together will be with us to sign the books, discuss issues and share a glass of wine with you.

Gary Toth and Renee Espiau, both formerly with the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and now with PPS, along with Shirley Secunda, currently the Chair of Traffic and Transportation Committee for Community Board 2 Manhattan, and past Director of Development for PPS, Juliette Michaelson, formerly with PPS and currently with the Regional Plan Association, and Herman Volk, a transportation consultant, will all be on hand along with other PPS staff to talk about how we can get better streets in all of our communities.

Citizen's Guide to Better Streets: How to Engage Your Transportation Agency focuses on the role of local transportation agencies in street design and outlines effective ways that citizens can interact with transportation agencies.

Streets as Places, outlines a holistic approach to making street improvements including traffic calming, connecting to transit and how to engage the community.

The Quiet Revolution in Transportation Planning: How Great Corridors Make Great Communities, is a series of case studies that describes how planning transportation within the context of a larger corridor can benefi t both mobility needs and community quality of life.