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10 Public participation (or public involvement) in the transportation field is the process through which transportation agencies inform people about and engage people in the transportation decision-making process.
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11 tion or public buy-in is desired, what requirements need to be met, who is the agency trying to reach, etc. Most of these project-specific goals tend to fall under one of a few overarching goals as identified and defined in the International Association of Public Participation's (IAP2)
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level of controversy -- although a desire to reduce risk exposure was not rated highly. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION After the identification of goals and objectives, the exchange of information between agencies and the public is the second key element of a public involvement strategy.
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13 research. It worth noting that other questions in this survey, case study interviews, and the public involvement literature all point to a desire among agencies for the public to understand the financial position of transit providers, their funding mechanisms, and the difference between agency operating and capital costs.
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Other important target audiences not included in the survey, but listed by respondents as key stakeholders, were advocacy groups, elected officials, local jurisdictions, agency partners, and the business community. A "stakeholder" typically refers to anyone with a "stake," or interest, in the project.
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15 that rate their engagement of specific population sub-groups as "good/excellent" or "failing/poor." Owing in part to the requirements of the ADA, transit providers have had the most success engaging the disabled community. Choice riders, seniors, those who are transit-dependent, and urban transit users were also noted as groups that agencies have had good success in engaging.
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with agency staff and decision makers. Washington D.C.'s DDOT used charrettes and workshops during their Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center Feasibility Study to allow stakeholders and station tenants to share information and ideas about the function of the station and ways to improve the overall experience for station users.
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17 The Broward County Transit Division (BCTD) uses rider intercept surveys, coupled with web-based surveys, to engage riders in long-range/corridor planning.
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2010) and from comments provided in the survey.
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19 range plan update, the Virginia DOT developed a web-based workshop to mirror the information and interactive opportunities available at its in-person meetings held throughout the state. The convenience afforded by the Internet in allowing users to participate from the location and time of their choosing helped push online participation above the total combined participation at all of the in-person meetings (VTrans2035)
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such as the number of attendees, may not be indicative of success or failure. Fifty attendees from an advocacy group representing one or very few points of view may be less useful than 15 diverse opinions.
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21 As Szyliowicz (2002) points out, without ways to measure the effectiveness of public involvement, agencies may waste time and resources on efforts that fail to provide the public with meaningful chances to influence decision making.
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