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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">e creative practices of artists have helped 5 transportation agencies better respond to the rapidly changing demands of COVID ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 
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Arts and Transportation Rapid Response <o:p></o:p></h1>
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Read our new series about artists tackling COVID transportation challenges <o:p></o:p></h4>
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<strong><span style="color:#222222">[First_Name], looking for some encouraging news?</span></strong><span style="color:#222222"> Every day this week, we’ll be publishing a new story about artists and cities/transportation agencies working together to develop
 creative solutions to COVID-related transportation challenges, beginning with Oakland, CA:
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<i><span style="color:#222222">The City of Oakland worked with artist Jonathan Brumfield to pilot a solution for more aesthetically pleasing, sturdy Oakland Slow Streets barricades that better reflect East Oakland culture and still support safe distancing while
 traveling and exercising during the pandemic. Brumfield, in partnership with East Oakland residents, built a set of four barricade planters and a set of corresponding culturally-relevant signage.</span></i><span style="color:#222222">
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<span style="color:#222222">These five stories are part of the Arts and Transportation Rapid Response initiative that we ramped up quickly this summer during the (first) peak of the pandemic.
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<span style="color:#222222">Facing incredible challenges during shutdown and then reopening, we believed that the creative practices of artists would help transportation agencies better respond to rapidly changing demands related to public space, getting around
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<span style="color:#222222">After receiving almost 200 proposals, we selected five agencies to address COVID-related transportation challenges and systemic inequities in unique, creative ways, with the support of local artists.
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<span style="color:#222222">With projects on the ground and some results now in hand, we’re looking back at what was learned and reflecting on the incredible benefits of working with artists to address inequities and improve transportation for everyone.
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<span style="color:#222222">We are going to be publishing a story each day this week. Check back on our blog every day this week to read the latest post.
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<span style="color:#0D80C2">Today, we begin with Oakland, CA</span></a>. Stay tuned to our blog or twitter account all week to read about the other projects in Detroit, Las Vegas, the Bay Area and West Central Minnesota.
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<i><span style="color:#222222">The Arts + Transportation Rapid Response initiative was conducted in partnership with Forecast Public Art and with funding from the Kresge Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts</span></i><span style="color:#222222">
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