Public art is used in public spaces to add a sense of safety, belonging, and collective ownership and is commonly displayed at transit facilities and on vehicles across the United States and Canada. However, there is limited consolidated information on how art in transit programs are organized and funded.
TCRP Synthesis 186: The State of Art in Transit Programs, produced by TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program, documents the use of art in public transit systems throughout the United States and Canada. The synthesis includes information on historical and current art in transit programs and describes how agencies develop, implement, and manage the programs. For the purposes of this report, an art in transit program is defined broadly as any initiative to integrate art into a transit system, whether established or ad hoc. Art is also defined broadly as anything created by an artist, including temporary works and performance art, but excluding advertising campaigns.
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