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LEXTRAN FEBRUARY 2015 | MassTransitmag.com | Mass Transit | 15 Art in Motion Inc. is a non-proft organization in Lex- ington that looks to create a vi- brant city through the fusion of public art, transit and public spaces. One focus is to enhance the bus shelters, incorporating murals and sculpture. One of the neighborhood as- sociation leaders came to Lextran saying they wanted one of the "cool art shelters" in their neighborhood. Burke said they've got a location that would be great and there's bank there that they approached to help pay for it. "We went out to the bank in town where the location was. Tey agreed it would be pretty cool ... that's how it got its piggybank theme." Te biggest challenge facing Lextran has been funding. "Our revenues are growing at about 1 percent; our expenses, at about 3, so do the math," Burke said. As he refected on his time at Lextran, he said ridership has been good and they did a rebrand of the system, changing the logo and color scheme of the buses. "I swore to our staf that I didn't ever want to see another white bread box going down the street while I was here," he said. It has a new look for its vehi- cles, shelters and signs and will soon complete its facelif with a new facility. TRANSPORTATION MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS Toll Free: (800) 325-0296 Fax: (770) 458-5365 e-mail: sales@railquip.com 3731 Northcrest Road • Suite 6 Atlanta, GA 30340 www.Railquip.com • B-Maxi S - 110 tons • B-Maxi M - 220 tons • B-Maxi L - 330 tons • B-Maxi XL - 770 tons OUR FLEET OF BATTERY POWERED RAILCAR MOVERS Railquip is your specialty source for: • Portable Hydraulic Rerailing Equipment • Locked Axle Dollies • Car and Locomotive Maintenance Shop Equipment • Trucks and Bus Maintenance Shop Equipment • Maintenance of Way Equipment and Supplies For more information, visit www.MassTransitmag.com/10065105 THE BLUEGRASS sculpture shelter brands the Newtown Pike corridor as an important entryway into downtown Lexington. It contains two large mural exhibit spaces that will serve rotating displays of 2-D murals. cy went to this, give yourself at least two years to get it all fully operational. We're probably still not perfect at it by any means, but I feel good about the data that I'm getting now." Arts in Transit When asked about some of the things he's most proud of, of his time at Lextran, Burke mentioned the art pieces at the stops. When he came to Lextran, some discus- sion was already taking place. "I thought it would be pret- ty cool to do public art in our shelters," said Burke. "We had a little bit of money early on … the frst of the three were done rela- tively inexpensively." Currently there are fve that went through the whole Art in Motion process and two that are close to being funded through a CMAQ grant.

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