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State of the Art Transportation Training

Produced by Transportation for America, Smart Growth America, and Americans for the Arts, this toolkit walks the reader through the six steps of a "State of the Arts Transportation Training," utilizing creative placemaking strategies to address a transportation project.  

As described, "The State of the Art Transportation Training can help communities gain a better sense of the role arts and culture can play in a transportation project, identify the local stakeholders and experts in transportation and arts and culture, provide an opportunity to strategize about a transportation project with a group of people who may not typically work together, and develop a series of actionable steps that will help address the project and future collaborations."

The tooklit is comprised of a six-step checklist: 1) Find the Team Members, 2) Decide on a Transportation Goal, 3) Make a List of Attendees, 4) Set the Date, Find the Space, Send the Invitation, 5) Build the Agenda, 6) Find Presenters, a Note-taker, and Organize the Site Audit. The toolkit includes sample angedas, project worksheets, and ideas for next steps.

Produced by Transportation for America, Smart Growth America, and Americans for the Arts, this toolkit walks the reader through the six steps of a "State of the Arts Transportation Training," utilizing creative placemaking strategies to address a transportation project.  

Toolkit
Transportation for America
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File Title: 
State of the Art Transportation Training A DIY Toolkit
Publisher Reference: 
Transportation for America
Publisher Details: 
Transportation for America 1152 15th Street NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20005
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Categories: 
Community Development
Professional Development
Transportation & Infrastructure
Is this an Americans for the Arts Publications: 
No
Description: 
A DIY Toolkit to convene partners around transportation projects using a six-step creative placemaking strategies.
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Toolkit cover
January 2018