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Urbanistica Podcast: Cities for People – Bloomberg’s Asphalt Art Initiative
We are talking about Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative. It responds to the growing number of cities around the world embracing art as an effective and low-cost strategy to improve street safety and create vibrant public spaces.
Pop Up City: Asphalt Art, Painting a Better Urban Future
The Asphalt Art Initiative is reimagining our streets. By blending art, safety, and community engagement, this initiative is turning dull roads into vibrant public spaces.
WTMJ: Milwaukee residents applaud new traffic calming projects in high injury areas
A right-hand turn lane at the intersection of 27th and Highland is now blocked off and a street mural fills the space. “It’s a beautification as well as a deterrent towards speeding,” remarked Anna Lampkins, who has lived in the neighborhood for over 20 years and is tired of dangerous drivers.
An Albanian City Creatively Reclaims Streets for Kids
Students in the bustling capital of Albania are experiencing the benefits of asphalt art. “School Block” is a project of our Asphalt Art Initiative, which helps cities use art and community engagement to improve street safety and revitalize public space.
The Washington Post Opinion: Want safer streets? Paint them.
For the first time, federal guidelines explicitly include asphalt art projects as part of the roadway design tool kit that can be used on city streets. At last, cities have been given permission from the federal government to unlock their creative potential and roll out streets that engage the eye — and work better.
AXIOS Portland: How Parkrose teens helped win $25,000 to fix a street
Portland teenagers tapped to help redesign a dangerous intersection near their school say they now think differently about ways to make their community safer — and not just from traffic.
WTMJ-TV: Milwaukee wins $25K grant to use art painted by high schoolers to improve street safety
The Department of Public Works says the grant money will create safer spaces for pedestrians and people on bikes in two places in the city.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Little Rock awarded Asphalt Art Initiative grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies
The grant to Little Rock is expected to fund the creation of a mural at an intersection in the SoMa neighborhood. The latest round of projects will be installed in 2024, according to Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Bloomberg Philantrophies reconoce a 7 ciudades de México para mejorar la seguridad con Arte en el Asfalto
Bloomberg Philanthropies anunció que 25 ciudades de Canadá, México y Estados Unidos recibirán subvenciones de la Iniciativa de Arte en el Asfalto, de hasta $25 mil dólares más apoyo técnico, cada una, para instalar proyectos que utilicen el arte y el diseño para mejorar la seguridad en las calles, revitalizar los espacios públicos e involucrar…
Courier Journal: Louisville to receive grant aiming to improve sidewalk safety with art
The city of Louisville will receive up to $25,000 in grant funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies to help improve sidewalk safety with creative looks.