Healing our Highways report: Artists & cultural workers are essential to repairing our infrastructure and healing our communities

The knowledge of artists and culture workers and their deep community ties are essential in efforts to repair the harms inflicted by our infrastructure system upon marginalized communities. Our Healing Our Highways program illustrated what strategic steps toward holistic healing can look like.

Arts and Culture Technical assistance

Express your interest in the Culture and Community Network TA program

About the Culture and Community Network The Culture and Community Network is a technical assistance and peer learning program designed to help staff at MPOs and state DOTs assess, design, and begin implementation of arts and culture strategies for community engagement within their agencies. Selected participants from across the country will form a cohort of … Continued

Arts and Culture Technical assistance

Culture and Community Network FAQs

What is the Culture and Community Network? The Culture and Community Network is a technical assistance and peer learning program designed to help staff at MPOs and state DOTs assess, design, and begin implementation of arts and culture strategies for community engagement within their agencies. Participants will learn from national experts and each other in … Continued

Arts and Culture Technical assistance

Atlanta, Georgia: Using arts and technology to visualize the public space allocated to car infrastructure and reimagine it for community

This case study highlights work from those who participated in our Healing our Highways program, an initiative that aims to inspire creative ideas and activities to  build knowledge, connections, and power within disadvantaged communities most harmed by transportation systems and climate change. Atlanta, Georgia has dealt firsthand with the harms perpetuated by the U.S. highway … Continued

Advocacy Arts and Culture Technical assistance Transportation

Tampa Heights, Florida: Arts and culture as celebration and resistance against displacement in an historic African-American suburb

This case study highlights work from those who participated in our Healing our Highways program, an initiative that aims to inspire creative ideas and activities to  build knowledge, connections, and power within disadvantaged communities most harmed by transportation systems and climate change. Tampa Heights, one of Tampa’s oldest neighborhoods, has deep generational roots, including a … Continued

Arts and Culture Creative Placemaking Technical assistance

Boyle Heights, California: Centering the creative autonomy of the community to define “resilience” for itself

This case study highlights work from those who participated in our Healing our Highways program, an initiative that aims to inspire creative ideas and activities to  build knowledge, connections, and power within disadvantaged communities most harmed by transportation systems and climate change. Boyle Heights, a vibrant Latino neighborhood, was shaped by redlining and the East … Continued

Arts and Culture Technical assistance Transportation

Doraville, Georgia: Cultural organizing for awareness and solidarity around mobility justice among Latinx youth and artists

This case study highlights work from those who participated in our Healing our Highways program, an initiative that aims to inspire creative ideas and activities to  build knowledge, connections, and power within disadvantaged communities most harmed by transportation systems and climate change. Buford Highway is a dangerous seven-lane corridor lacking pedestrian safety features, resulting in … Continued

Arts and Culture Technical assistance Transportation

Using zoning as a tool to advance equity in local planning

On January 21, The Center for Zoning Solutions kicked off its new webinar series with a webinar on “Advancing Equity in Planning.” Participants had the opportunity to hear from the City of Kingston on its use of a form-based code to advance the city’s housing goals. Additionally, Elevated Chicago shared their plans for an equitable … Continued

Land Use and Development Zoning

Championing Complete Streets Video Series: Spotlighting efforts from across the country

Complete Streets look different in every community. In partnership with AARP, we created a series of five videos showcasing Complete Streets efforts in diverse communities across the country. Our Championing Complete Streets series highlights Complete Streets efforts in Fort Wayne, IN, Versailles, KY, San Diego, CA, Missoula, MT, and Oklahoma City, OK. Complete Streets is … Continued

Advocacy Complete Streets

Understanding the fiscal impact of zoning and how smart growth solutions can foster fiscal responsibility

As communities across the United States grapple with increasing economic pressures, the role of zoning is becoming even more critical in shaping not just the physical landscape but also the financial health of municipalities. Restrictive single-family zoning, in particular, has profound implications for infrastructure efficiency and fiscal budgets. The Center for Zoning Solutions (CZS), a … Continued

Land Use and Development Rural Development Zoning