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Title: WE CAN'T HEAR YOU! SAN DIEGO'S TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING BALANCED COMMUNITY INPUT IN MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDIES
Accession Number: 00741904
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Virtually all public works projects require a substantial planning effort to identify impacts, costs, and alternatives. Federal and state laws and regulations call for certain levels of public involvement during planning, but meaningful, collaborative public involvement entails doing more than the minimum requirements. This is particularly true when there appears to be an imbalance in public input, where one viewpoint is heard above others. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) has undertaken efforts on two corridor projects to expand its public involvement in ways that maximize the range of community views, enhance project design, and build support for the project. In addition to the traditional public meetings, newsletters, and open houses, MTDB has used public relations firms, neutral facilitators, and staff outreach to achieve expanded public involvement goals. MTDB has found that, while there are risks and costs associated with these approaches, they ultimately result in better projects that receive more widespread public and political acceptance.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1571, Public Transit 1997: Bus, Paratransit, Intermodal, and Rail.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Bates, T BWahl, D JPagination: p. 197-207
Publication Date: 1997
Serial: ISBN: 0309061512
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Oct 3 1997 12:00AM
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