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Helene  Fried  Associates  in  cooperation  with  Community  Design  +  Architecture   <br />Final  Artistic  Enhancement  Strategy  [July  2013  Update]  ±  Integrating  Artistic  Enhancements  with  BRT  Station  Design   <br />July  11,  2013   <br />Page  17  of  19   <br /> <br />Appendix A <br /> <br />Most recent MAP 21 Information provided by Office of Planning, Region 9, FTA <br />The following information was provided via email to the Public Art Consultant by the Office of Planning, <br />Region 9, FTA, on 11/29/2012: <br /> <br /> <br />B. Definitional Changes and New Definitions <br />Section 20004 of MAP-21 modified section 5302 to provide new definitions and to modify <br />existing definitions that clarify eligibility and requirements within the FTA programs. Unless <br />otherwise stated, these definitions apply across all FTA programs. Several important definitional <br />changes include: <br /> <br />1. Associated Transit Improvement <br />The term ``transit enhancements'' was changed to ``associated transit improvements.'' An <br />associated transit improvement is a project ``designed to enhance public transportation service or <br />use and that [is] physically or functionally related to transit facilities.'' Eligible associated transit <br />improvements include historic preservation, rehabilitation, and operation of historic public <br />transportation buildings, structures, and facilities (including historic bus and railroad facilities) <br />intended for use in public transportation service; bus shelters; landscaping and streetscaping, <br />including benches, trash receptacles, and street lights; pedestrian access and walkways; bicycle <br />access, including bicycle storage facilities and installing equipment for transporting bicycles on <br />public transportation vehicles; signage; or enhanced access for persons with disabilities to public <br />transportation. Congress struck ``public art'' and ``transit connections to parks within the <br />recipient's transit service area'' from the list of eligible projects. While Federal transit funds are no <br />longer available to support public art in transit facilities, art can be incorporated into facility <br />design, landscaping, and historic preservation, for example through the use of floor or wall tiles <br />that contain artistic designs or patterns, use of color, use of materials, lighting, and the overall <br />design of a facility. In addition, eligible capital projects include incidental expenses related to <br />acquisition or construction, including design costs. Therefore, the incidental costs of <br />incorporating art into facilities and including an artist on a design team continue to be eligible <br />expenses. <br />