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THE PAPER REPORTS AND COMMENTS ON EFFORTS TO OBTAIN CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING PROCESS IN THE TWIN CITY METROPOLITAN AERA. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS. THE ACTIVITIES ARE DESCRIBED OF THE 14-MEMBER METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WHICH SERVES AS THE COORDINATING AND PLANNING AGENCY FOR A 7-COUNTY AREA. THE COUNCIL HAS (BY STATUTE) VETO POWER OVER THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENTS. THE COUNCIL WITH HAS BEEN INVOLVED ON A STAFF BASIS IN TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS AND IS ALSO A PARTY TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROGRAM, HAS MANY TASK FORCES AND 2 BASIC COMMITTEES OF TECHNICAL ADVISORS. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING THE REGIONAL PLANNING DECISION INVOLVING METROPOLITAN-SCALE HIGHWAYS WAS RELEGATED TO THE COUNCIL. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IS CONSIDERED. THE INVOLVEMENT OF A CITIZEN GROUP IN A CONSULTANT STUDY OF VARIOUS ROUTES AND ALTERNATIVES IN A PARTICULAR CORRIDOR IS DESCRIBED. THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL AS A POLITICAL DECISION-MAKER IS DISCUSSED. CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE PREPARATION OF A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS OUTLINED. AN ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE TO APPLY THE SAME TECHNIQUES IN REGIONAL PLANNING. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING IS HERE TO STAY. THE PRESSURE OF CLAIMS FROM THE POOR, THE MINORITIES AND FROM THE SUBURBS WILL INCREASE. BENEFITS ARE ACHIEVED BY OPEN PLANNING THAT IS WIDELY PUBLICIZED AND INVOLVES FULL PUBLIC DEBATE BEFORE AND BY AS MANY INFORMED CITIZENS AS ONE CAN INDUCE TO PARTICIPATE.

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1973

Highway Research Board Special Report

Conference on Citizen Participation in Transportation Planning

Digital/other

City planning; Coordination; Decision making; Low income groups; Minorities; Public participation; Regional transportation; Transportation planning

Economics; Highways; Society

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jun 5 1974 12:00AM

• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S VIEWPOINT
• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND THE CITIZEN'S VIEWPOINT
• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND THE MINORITY VIEWPOINT
• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN A RURAL STATE
• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE URBAN STATE
• ECOLOGICAL PLANNING AND HIGHWAY DESIGN
• INTRODUCTION
• ON THE TECHNICS AND THE POLITICS OF TRANSPORT PLANNING
• PARTICIPATION: ITS INFLUENCE ON PLANNING METHODOLOGY
• PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
• PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BALANCED TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY LIAISON