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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/463/463-015.pdf

The major investment study (MIS) is an attempt to reach out to the public and involve them in the decision-making process. Elected officials do not want to make decisions unless the public is involved in the process and supports the results. It's too risky to do otherwise. The MIS can serve a very significant function as an educational tool, providing a significant opportunity to educate public officials and the public about the problems to be faced in transportation and the decision-making that has to be done. The MIS as a process will bridge the gap between local and State officials in terms of control of land use and transportation and the dichotomy that exists, and will also connect both of those to environmental, socioeconomic, financial, equity, and access issues. The Woodrow Wilson Bridge Corridor Study is presented as a case in point.

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English

p. 62-64

1996-9

Transportation Research Circular

Conference on Major Investment Studies in Transportation (MIS)

Digital/other

Conferences; Decision making; Education; Investments; Personnel; Public participation; Studies; Transportation

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge

Elected officials; Major investment studies

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Sep 30 1996 12:00AM

• COLLABORATIVE PLANNING IN THE GRIFFIN LINE CORRIDOR MIS
• DEVELOPING 20/20 VISION FOR THE YEAR 2020
• HISTORICAL CONTEXT: EMPHASIZING PROBLEM-SOLVING
• INFORMING AND INVOLVING DECISION-MAKERS
• IS MIS IN THE SPIRIT OF ISTEA?
• MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDIES - A VALUE-ADDED APPROACH
• MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDIES: IS THE VISION BEING ACHIEVED? CAN IT BE? SHOULD IT BE?
• MIS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
• MIS: "WARTS" AND "BEAUTY MARKS"
• MIS: KEY PLANNING ISSUES
• MIS: LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
• MIS: WHAT'S IN A NAME?
• OVERVIEW OF ISTEA AND MIS
• RELATIONSHIP OF THE MIS TO THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE RTP
• THE ADVENTURE OF MIS