Art and the community
Sustrans' focus on urban renewal, schools, education and community consultation to improve public space and encourage people to walk and cycle more, means artists involve local people with their work wherever possible. This could mean running educational workshops with local schools, consulting local residents during the development of their work, and holding local exhibitions of artwork proposals.
The aim is to really encourage people to take an active role in their environment, how it is designed and how artists work in the public realm. The final work is often the community project in its own right, a temporary installation or permanent artwork.
Our work with artists and Liveable Neighbourhoods involves community consultation at every stage of the artist's work from commissioning to installation. 
To develop the Secrets of Nuneaton, artist Lesley Kerman proposed a series of clear resin bricks containing items associated with the history of Nuneaton to be installed on National Route 52. Local residents were invited to a local shop in the centre of Nuneaton to share their thoughts and memories about the area.
In Luton, artist Michael Pinsky worked withe Lea Manner School to develop a temporary installation, 'The Course', involving new technology to create a virtual reality piece, and on the Wandle Trail artist Stefan Shankland worked with local pupils on the project 'Everything Must Go' with a focus on cleaning up the river and recycling found objects.
A self formed group of local secondary school children, The New Generation Documenters - worked with Sustrans, Knowledge West and artist Kamina Walton to develop a process to evaluate and gather young people's opinions and perceptions of art on the Bristol Bath Cycle Path.
Other projects closely involving the local community include artist Christian Nold's 'Sensory Journeys' - working with Bristol schools to design sensory maps of pupils' journey to school Liminal's 'Sound Cycle Ride' as part of their research into Tranquillity is a State of Mind.