Art empowers communities to creatively imagine their infrastructure.
Certain forms of public art can empower communities by opening up a dialogue and inviting critical as well as creative imagining to take place.
The arts can be the spark that moves multi-million-dollar transportation projects from theory to reality.
In El Paso, TX, an artist's creative persistence through visual and performative art ultimately yielded a $97 million investment in the return of streetcars to the town.
Art in transit stations reduces barriers to navigation for non-English speakers.
Art pieces cued to the businesses or industries associated with particular hubs, as well as the integration of more traditional wayfinding symbols like arrows and pointing fingers can help ease congestion and direct passengers, including those unable to read written signage.
The arts foster public-private partnerships to strengthen infrastructure.
In towns of all sizes, city councils and local government agencies often transcended traditional turfs and training to specifically to foster arts-driven downtown revitalization.
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