In today’s ever-changing urban landscape, many clients seek assistance in creating vibrant, livable communities that realize the best of both the natural and built environments. PB offers innovative solutions through PB PlaceMaking, which integrates community development and transportation to plan and design sustainable projects with a sense of “place”.
PB PlaceMaking’s multidisciplinary staff blends expertise in land use planning and urban development with our firm’s traditional transportation design skills to make communities that not only are of lasting value, but are better places to live, work and play. Our work includes projects throughout the U.S., as well as in Australia, China and the United Kingdom.
PB PlaceMaking’s global experience and multidisciplinary approach have made us a market leader in transit-oriented development. Our many award-winning projects include: a transit village concept for Hyattsville, Maryland that is becoming a national model; planning on Portland, Oregon’s Westside MAX that has helped set the standard for building livable communities with transit; and the development of the Bay Area Livability Footprint in San Francisco, California, which will help the regional government shape the area’s future through smart growth.
From regional, multi-jurisdictional issues on the macro scale to site-specific guidance, our urban planners and designers provide our private- and public-sector clients with solutions that reinforce neighborhood identity while protecting the environment. PB PlaceMaking’s professional services address the needs of our clients in eight interrelated practice areas:
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