Utilizing Arts and Culture to Mitigate the Negative Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure on Communities

Status: Complete
Report Date: 08/01/2024

Summary:

Historically disadvantaged communities have been impacted disproportionately by transportation infrastructure projects. To mitigate project impacts in the future, transportation agencies can involve these communities throughout the project’s planning process. Local artists and culture bearers are good candidates to serve as liaisons between transportation agencies and the community because they can offer creative placemaking ideas and represent the community’s interests. This research project recommended a number of actions for implementation to ensure collaboration between transportation agencies and communities. The actions include developing a framework to better document the community engagement process to replicate successful processes, shifting the mindset about art as just an aesthetic outcome to incorporating arts and culture throughout the entire transportation planning process, providing regular and transparent information to communities throughout the process, and actively seeking artists and culture bearers to serve as creative contributors and liaisons to reach mutually beneficial outcomes for transportation agencies and the community.

Final Deliverables:

Utilizing Arts and Culture to Mitigate the Negative Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure on Communities (Report #2024-12)
Social Outcomes Improve by Incorporating Arts and Culture into Transportation Planning (Research Summary)

Related Materials:

Social Outcomes Improve by Incorporating Arts and Culture into Transportation Planning (Blog Post)

Related Research:

Project Personnel:

Principal Investigator: Julie Cidell
Co-Principal Investigator: Brenda Kayzar
Technical Liaison: Jessica Oh
Project Coordinator: Jackie Jiran
Panel Members:
    Abdullahi Abdulle - Humanize MN
    Alyssa Kruzel - Metro District
    Angela Two Stars - Native American Community Development Institute
    Anjali Sakharkar - Maintenance
    Ashley Zidon - Land Management
    Ben Stone - Smart Growth America
    Carol Zoff - Environmental Stewardship
    Cole Norgaarden - Transportation System Management
    Eidan Silver - Transportation System Management
    Jen Krava - Forecast Public Art
    Jun-Li Wang - Springboard for the Arts
    Karen Scheffing - Bolton & Menk
    Lisa Austin - Metro District
    Lisa Elliott - Environmental Stewardship
    Malaki Ruranika - Project Management and Technical Support
    Maren Webb - District 1
    Marion Liou - SmartGrowth America
    Mary Altman - City of Minneapolis
    Melissa Schultz - Bridges
    Nicole Campbell - Metro District
    Renee Raduenz - Metro District
    Sarah Petersen - Minneapolis College of Art and Design
    Stephanie Christensen - District 1
    Yarlyn Rosario - Forecast Public Art