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Neighborhood TV Georgia (Stringr): The Asphalt Art Initiative Comes to Atlanta
Atlanta is the recipient of a $25,000 grant from Michael Bloomberg’s Asphalt Art Initiative, which uses local artists to help transform neighborhoods.
Bright Vibes: Asphalt Art Initiative Paints Eye-Catching Murals and Proves That Art Can Save Lives
Streets are often designed primarily for cars, with less thought given to the experience of pedestrians. The Asphalt Art Initiative employs an innovative tactic to make streets safer, more welcoming and easier to navigate: using art and design to actually change the shape of the streets.
Goodnet: Asphalt Art Does More Than Beautify Cities
One intersection at a time, street art is beautifying cities and making them safer for pedestrians. The Asphalt Art Initiative by Bloomberg Philanthropies creates visual interventions at intersections, transforming dull, gray concrete into uplifting, bright, and safe spaces.
Smart Cities: 7 urban asphalt art transformations in 2022
From Alaska to Mississippi, see some of the latest intersection redesign and street mural projects cities have completed after receiving Bloomberg Philanthropies grants.
The Mayor: Bloomberg expands Asphalt Art Initiative to 19 European cities
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the 19 winning European cities in their Asphalt Art Initiative. The initiative would see the cities receive funds and expertise to develop their own street-calming measures by using colourful murals and designs.
Bloomberg CityLab: European Cities Get Funds to Transform Streets from Asphalt to Art
Traffic-calming street murals are coming to 19 cities across Europe in a bid to improve pedestrian safety.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art Initiative Awards 19 European Cities Grants to Transform Streets and Public Spaces
Nineteen European cities receiving Asphalt Art Initiative grants of $25,000 to undertake projects in 2023 that use art and design to improve street safety, revitalize public spaces, and engage residents of their communities.
Baltimore Fishbowl: Crosswalk art slows cars in Johnston Square
Since volunteers painted brightly colored pavement designs at three key intersections near the school this spring, drivers have been slowing down and yielding to pedestrians more regularly. Johnston Square’s “Bee Safe Art Crosswalks” project was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative and AARP.
NBC Nightly News: Art initiative making cities across America safer
In Kansas City, Missouri, artists are transforming an infamous intersection into the picture of safety. The project is the latest among dozens of street murals across more than 40 cities that are part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative.
Reasons to Be Cheerful: Want Safer Streets? Cover Them in Art
If speeding and visibility are the problem and crosswalks can’t stop it, color might. The Asphalt Art Initiative, a program funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, provides grants to create art to modify dangerous streets.