Creative placemaking in transportation is an emerging, powerful way to integrate artists to deliver transportation projects more smoothly, improve safety, and build community support. But the practice can also be difficult to describe with words alone, so we commissioned an artist to illustrate the concepts visually.
Arts and culture can help develop better projects that attract greater community support by imagining bold transportation solutions that are unconstrained by traditional processes.
Read the El Paso, TX case study from the field scan, published on the blog as a preview during Arts & Culture month.
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2. Making streets safer for all users.
Arts and culture can help equip communities to organize and advocate for more equitably distributed transportation investments.
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4. Engaging multiple stakeholders for an inclusive process.
Arts and culture can help accomplish local goals including improving health, encouraging walking and biking, or increasing transit ridership by incorporating community-sourced artistic and design elements into transportation projects to foster local stewardship and use.[/tab]
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6. Alleviating the disruptive effects of construction.
Arts and culture can help remedy the divisions created by urban highways and other detrimental transportation infrastructure by physically and culturally reconnecting communities.[/tab][/tabs]
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All illustrations by Noah Macmillan. http://noahmacmillan.com/