Greener transportation alternatives.

Project for Public Spaces Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. Planning and design rooted in the community forms the cornerstone of PPS’s philosophy. Building on the techniques of William H. (PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. ) in June announced 21 great places in the world that have used transportation to enliven en·liv·en
tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens
To make lively or spirited; animate.

en·liven·er n. the surrounding community. Out of those chosen, two were park and recreation areas in the U.S. Minneapolis was chosen for its dedication to make space for its bikers. The city and its suburbs have connected trails along rail corridors to offer an alternative means for residents to commute to work. The nation's capital is also getting kudos for its 11-mile linear urban park, the Capital Crescent Trail The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) is an eleven-mile-long, shared-use trail from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Silver Spring, Maryland, suitable for walkers, joggers, bikers, and rollerbladers. , which PPS considers the most-used rail-trail in the nation--transporting one million people a year between suburban Maryland to the Potomac waterfront in downtown D.C.

For more information about public places, visit www.pps.org.

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