Adding a splash of color and safety to the neighborhood

One of the many exciting Advocacy projects we’ve been working on this year is the planning and execution of a traffic calming street mural outside of Carnegie Library Woods Run branch. The mural is now complete, and we were proud to be a part of the mural dedication during the Library’s 60th anniversary celebration of their Woods Run location on Saturday, July 13! It has been a great experience and we’re excited to share photos of it all with you.

This is a 2,000 sq ft on-street asphalt street mural in front of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Woods Run on Woods Run Ave, titled “Bikes and Books.” Bike Pittsburgh managed the project with assistance from artists Ashley Kyber and Tom Higgs, with financial support from AARP’s Community Challenge Grant. Asphalt mural art has emerged as an effective way to help calm traffic and to create vibrant places atop large areas of street surface.

As we reclaim public spaces for artistic expression, we are also creating safer, more welcoming streets for neighbors to enjoy. We’d love to see more projects like this so that we can help make Pittsburgh not only more colorful, but also safer for people to enjoy.