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Rational intervention in human activity systems such as transportation planning can be achieved through effective citizens' participation. Soft systems methodology provides one such framework and is an inquiring system used to tackle ill-structured problem situations in planning. It enables its users to learn their way to taking action and to improve a problem-ridden situation. This methodology marks a paradigm shift in dealing with complex planning problems. A soft system methodology, formulated by researchers at the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom, is described and this methodology is applied in a case study to demonstrate how it can be used in citizens' participation as applied to transportation planning. This methodology has proved to be effective and easy to use.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1400, Planning and Programming, Land Use, Public Participation, and Computer Technology in Transportation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

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1993

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Case studies; Public participation; Transportation planning

Soft systems methodology

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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