In City Heights neighborhood, community partners are helping improve the transit user experience, cultivate local ownership of a transit line, and improve a station area with community participation and creativity.
Portland – Local visions support community leaders
Arts-based engagement has helped improve communication between local agencies and community members while supporting local advocacy efforts to ensure that a new bus line promotes health and opportunity for existing residents.
Nashville – Culture builds more than a crosswalk
The Nashville MPO and a a local Latino services organization paired up to work on a planned transit corridor and ensure that stronger grassroots coalitions will help determine how their neighborhoods change.
Chicago – Markers to protect a corridor
A set of statues signal and protect the city’s Puerto Rican enclave in a neighborhood where a coalition of more than 80 Puerto Rican community organizations and business leaders are working to prevent another wave of displacement.
Seattle – Artists along for the ride
Seattle has integrated art and artists into the city department’s routine work and infrastructure and the regional transit agency partners on a suite of arts engagement programs.