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Title:

Fostering Community Aesthetic Decision-Making: Structured Public Involvement in the Milton-Madison Bridge Replacement Process

Accession Number:

01337956

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Involving large groups of people in complex infrastructure planning and design problems has historically been a considerable challenge for professionals and elected officials. For even the most well-intentioned professionals, increasing complexity has dictated decreasing group size, so that many complex decisions are based on the judgment of advisory panels, or even just the technical and professional team. This challenge is being met more directly by the profession, for example with such documents as the recently-completed “Bridge Aesthetic Sourcebook” published by the Bridge Aesthetics Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). While helpful, this is an incomplete substitute for the aesthetic tastes of the local community. However, this no longer need be the case. Using Structured Public Involvement, and needing only one large public meeting to gather data, the planning and design team for the Milton-Madison Bridge replacement project was able to measure in some detail the complex aesthetic preferences of the residents of Milton, KY and Madison, IN. This included, for example, measuring how the public’s preference for different design concepts was influenced by how light or dark the final color of the structure might be, and how those aesthetic tastes varied across subgroups, such as the Historic Preservation consulting parties. In this paper the authors demonstrate and discuss some of the information gathered and show how extensive aesthetic information can be gathered by other design teams faced with similar problems, so that it can be incorporated into the design process alongside cost, maintenance, and constructability issues.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-1459

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Grossardt, Theodore H
Ripy, John
Bailey, Keiron
Carr, John
Sorenson, Timothy
Wright, Samantha
Stover, Aaron

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures; Photos; References (15)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1459

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:48PM