Marel Q1 2024 Investor Presentation from May 8, 2024
PPS Managing Great Public Spaces
1. Improving Streets Through Placemaking
What If We Built San Francisco
Around Places?
San Francisco
April 23rd, 2009
2. • 48 U.S. States, 30 Countries
• 2000+ Communities
• 3 Million annual web visitors
• 35,000 people get our
electronic newsletter (1000+
SFers)
34 years of
Placemaking
3. Program Areas
Building Community Through TransportationCommunity Anchors
Public Markets & Local Economies Great Places, Great Cities
4. If you plan for cars and traffic…
you get more cars and traffic.
5. If you plan for people and places…
you get more people and places.
6.
7. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
The best way to handle the problem of ‘undesirables’ is
to make a
place attractive to everyone else. -- William H. Whyte
8. The Power of Ten
City/Town
Districts/
Destinations
Place
9. The Power of Ten
Layering of uses and
amenities to create
synergy (Triangulation)
Place
10+ things to do
10. The Power of Ten
Districts/Streets
Destinations
10+ Places
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
Place
11. District
The Power of Ten
City/Town 10+ Great Destinations/
Streets/Neighborhoods
/Districts
Neighbor
-hoodDestin
-ation
District
District
Destin
-ation
Neighbor
-hood
Destin
-ation
Street
Street
12. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Crisis driven,
Politically initiated
Relies on
professionals
and “experts”
Expensive
Community
is resistant
Static designs
Results in limited
experience of place
Narrow Goals
Project/DisciplineDrivenApproach
13. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
• Empowers Communities
• Attracts partners, money
& creative solutions
• Professionals become
resources
• Design supports uses
• Solutions are flexible
• Engagement and
commitment grow
16. Public Square Tuesday
•57 non-profit agencies have participated
•5-15 agencies each week
“Thanks for doing this all summer.
I think I am not alone in thinking it
was a good way to spend time with
people we don’t usually reach -
and a great use of public space.”
Martha Yager
American Friends Service Committee
“Look at this –no one would have
wanted to relax here last year – it’s
amazing!”
Sister Ann Keefe
St. Michael’s Church
Rhythm and Soul Sunday
Featuring music by the AfroSonic Collective and
resident drummers. 2-8pm.
18. Market Bazaar Thursday
Farmers’ Market Friday
Sales were up by at least 20%
from the previous year, due to
moving the market to Kennedy
plaza near the improvements.
19. “The programming here has made
an immediate and positive impact,
creating a safer atmosphere.”
Sergeant George Smith
Providence Police Department
“Thanks to the hard work and vision of
our community partners, this wonderful
space is being transformed into a
vibrant gathering place that offers
something for everyone,”
Mayor David N. Cicilline
City of Providence
21. Campus Martius Vision:
• Detroit's Gathering Place
• The Crossroads of Downtown Detroit
• Our Town Square
• The City's Signature Landmark
• A Catalyst for Revitalization
• A Place Where the Community Celebrates
Major Partners:
• City of Detroit
• Detroit 300 Conservancy
• Detroit DOT
“Campus Martius Park will be a place
where residents, workers and visitors come
together to relax, enjoy, play and celebrate
Detroit.”
22.
23. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
PRINCIPLES OF GREAT STREETS
Attractions & Destinations
Identity & Image
Active & Connected Edge Uses
Amenities
Management:
Central to the Solution
Seasonal Strategy
Diverse User Groups
Balances Modes
Blending of Uses and Modes
Protects Neighborhoods
25. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Attractions & Destinations
Clustered activity points of interest
10+ destinations – including food and markets,
local retail, art, play, education, health/recreation
26. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Identity & Image
Showcase local assets to create a distinct sense of place
Businesses, pedestrians and drivers raise their behavior
(conform, respect) to this vision
27. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Active & Connected Edge Uses
Activate the street with ground floor uses
Pedestrians choose their path based on the expectation
of a social, commercial or aesthetic experience
28. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Narrow cross sections slow traffic and allow the street to
connect, rather than divide, both sides of the street
Trees and small setbacks improve pedestrian
experience
Active & Connected Edge Uses
29. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Amenities
Public and private seating options
Triangulate to support use – cluster sidewalk elements
like benches, waste baskets, planters, lampposts, cafes
30. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Management - Central to the Solution
Maintenance and security
Programming – daily activity generators and cultural, civic
events
34. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Draws Diverse User Groups
No one group or use dominates (ethnicities, ages,
interests, economic means, etc.)
Design for use
35. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Traffic, Transit & the Pedestrian
Range of transportation options
Complete street design (all appropriate modes
are accommodated)
37. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Protects Neighborhoods
Clear transitions and changes in street character
between high and low function roadways
38. Diverse Funding Base
•Public support
•Private sponsorship
•Broad partnerships
Security --
City Funding
23%
Facility -
Parks
Department
6%
Event Rentals
18%
Tenant
Leases
24%
In Kind
Donations
17%
Event
Sponsorships
12%
54. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Streets Renaissance Projects
Meat Packing District Initiative
Grand Army Plaza Coalition, Brooklyn
Times Square Alliance
Myrtle Ave BID
9th
Ave Streets Renaissance
Columbus Ave BID
Kellogg Food and Fitness Initiative
55. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Columbus Avenue Perception
1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00
ATTRACTIVENESS
SAFETYFROM CRIME
CLEANLINESS
EASE OF CROSSING THE
STREET:
STREET FURNISHINGS:
INFORMATION AND
WAYFINDING
SAFETYFROM TRAFFIC
LOADING AND UNLOADING:
PARKING
PLACES TO SIT OUTSIDE:
NEWS BOXES
Poor Fair Good Excellent
today
tomorrow
62. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Overview: Creating and Connecting
Great Destinations
Columbus Circle
Rockefeller Center
Times Square
Bryant Park
Grand Central Terminal
Port Authority
Penn Station
Herald & Greeley Squares
63. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
Survey
(Poor 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Good)
• Urban energy & attractiveness
• Lacks seating & refreshment
• Smells like urine
• Safe from crime not traffic
• People enjoy destination retail
• Unclear public spaces & activities
• sociability - lowest scoring
category
67. Successful Places
/Place Capital
Economic Development
Cultural Development
Tourism
Public Space
Maintenance/
Management
Transportation/
Infrastructure
Planning
Restructuring Government for Placemaking
68. PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
When you focus on a place, you do everything
differently.
Good places breed healthy activity.
People attract people attract people.
It takes many disciplines and skills to create a
place.
80 Percent of the success of a place is due to
Management.
It takes a community to create a place.
Amenities that make a place comfortable are
critical.
You can’t know what you are going to end up with.
A place-driven, community based approach to public spaces yields much different results
How to integrate land use and transportation
New York is a city best enjoyed on foot, yet we plan our streets for cars.
New York City’s streets are the soul of its neighborhoods and the pathways to some of the
world’s most in-demand destinations. For generations, New Yorkers and visitors have strolled, shopped and
socialized on sidewalks and street corners. Pedestrianfriendly streets are the city’s most fundamental assets.
Unfortunately, we aren’t making the most of these assets. Instead, our streets are being managed almost entirely for traffic flow. If we
continue planning our streets for cars and traffic we will get more cars and traffic; conversely, if we start planning our cities for people
and places, we will get more people and places.
Around the world, cities are tackling the problems caused by automobile traffic with creative solutions. New York is not keeping up.
The choice is clear: either we choose to be defined by worsening traffic and perilous streets or we can define ourselves through great public
spaces and lively streets. This exhibition sheds light on the unbalanced, undemocratic, and underperforming condition of New York City’s streets. Through action
and dialogue New Yorkers can raise expectations for their public realm and envision better streets for all New Yorkers.
From the window of the Department of Transportation stands one of the great opportunities to use transportation improvements to create a place and put the automobile in balance with other modes of transportation.
Finn Square has many of the ingredients of a great civics square. However, the attractive subway stop, top restaurants, the small park space, and the good historic and contemporary buildings are all assets that currently stand in isolation.
4 lanes going into 2 lanes creates aggressive driving where Varick Street meets Finn Square. Meanwhile, all around Finn Square large swaths of road space go unused.
Pulling these assets together with pedestrian improvements and adding a few additional uses will create one of the great community spaces and neighborhood destinations in the city.
From the window of the Department of Transportation stands one of the great opportunities to use transportation improvements to create a place and put the automobile in balance with other modes of transportation.
Finn Square has many of the ingredients of a great civics square. However, the attractive subway stop, top restaurants, the small park space, and the good historic and contemporary buildings are all assets that currently stand in isolation.
4 lanes going into 2 lanes creates aggressive driving where Varick Street meets Finn Square. Meanwhile, all around Finn Square large swaths of road space go unused.
Pulling these assets together with pedestrian improvements and adding a few additional uses will create one of the great community spaces and neighborhood destinations in the city.
