Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Public Space

Talking Headways Podcast: What We Can Do To Depave Cities

By Jeff Wood | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois. McGuire talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental effects of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.

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‘Playable’ Cities Are the Next Public-Space Frontier

By Ryan Swanson | Sep 22, 2021 | No Comments

How everyday infrastructure and street furniture can stoke human imagination — and contribute to residents' well being.

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How to do Streetside Dining Right

By Robert Bookman | Aug 10, 2021 | No Comments

The Open Restaurants program, founded during the pandemic, deserves to be a permanent part of the cityscape. Here are some common-sense steps.

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A Round and a Roundy: A Matter of Perspective

By Streetsblog | Jun 22, 2021 | No Comments

Whose park! Um, actually, whose park? That is the question.

Author Sean Benesh is in the bottom right corner.

Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’

By Jeff Wood | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.

Imagine a park bench like this, but on a wooden slab the size of a parking space that you could pick up and move around. Image: Creative Commons

Why Advocates Need to Talk About Seating

By Kea Wilson | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments

When we talk about increasing access to sustainable transportation, many street safety advocates fail to talk about placing benches with anywhere near the fervor with which we talk laying train track or building bike lanes. That needs to change.

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