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Communications technology applications such as Websites and e-mail are playing an increasingly important role in public involvement programs. Today, most significant projects that include public involvement offer at least a Website and e-mail. Many are also producing multimedia CDs and placing interactive kiosks throughout communities. This proliferation of communications technology applications is creating new opportunities and new demands on the public involvement process. While this technology enhances public access to projects, it also requires creative approaches to presenting information and documenting public comments. HNTB Corporation's public involvement and technology groups work together closely to ensure that communications technology applications are creating effective interactions between members of the public, projects and clients and to ensure that technology is truly enhancing public involvement activities for the widest audience possible. The groups collaborate on a variety of projects. Thus, the range of experience and examples presented include projects that utilize very basic applications to those that push the envelope of technical capabilities. Regardless of the complexity or magnitude of the project, however, public involvement and technology professionals work together to ensure that both the client and the public receive the greatest benefit possible and enjoy an effective and substantive interface. This paper provides the following information: examples of communications technology applications being used today; guidelines to ensure that technology truly enhances public involvement activities; processes to ensure online public involvement activities are effectively documented; examples of client-side applications to ensure effective use of online input; and case studies that illustrate the above principles and offer guidance concerning when and where technology can replace or supplement traditional public involvement approaches.

The CD-ROM contains the proceedings of the sixth, seventh and eighth conferences. The eighth conference proceedings were published in October 2001.

English

p. 138-147

2002

Eighth TRB Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods

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Applications; Case studies; CD-ROM; Communications; Electronic mail; Guidelines; Information technology; Kiosks; Public participation; Technology; Transportation planning; Websites (Information retrieval)

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

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• A BEST PRACTICE TRUCK FLOW ESTIMATION MODEL FOR THE NEW YORK CITY REGION
• A PRACTITIONER'S ALGORITHM FOR QUASI-DYNAMIC TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT
• ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) THROUGH COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT (CIA)
• AN ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC GROWTH RATES ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER
• B-NODE MODEL: NEW SUBAREA TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT MODEL & APPLICATION
• CONGESTION PRICING AND ROADSPACE RATIONING: AN APPLICATION TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE CORRIDOR
• CORRIDOR SIMULATION STUDY FOR THE BRIDGE OF AMERICAS, EL PASO, TEXAS
• DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TOOL
• ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RAISED MEDIANS IN TEXAS: METHODOLOGY AND CASE STUDY RESULTS
• FINANCING THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN: BALANCING EXPECTATIONS WITH FISCAL CONSTRAINT
• FLEXIBLE FUNDING: TRENDS AND POSSIBILITIES
• FLORIDA URBAN LAND USE ALLOCATION MODEL (ULAM)
• GIS APPLICATIONS USING DIGITAL ORTHOPHOTO DATA
• HIGHWAY ECONOMIC REQUIREMENTS SYSTEM FOR INDIANA: STATEWIDE PLANNING APPLICATIONS
• IMPLEMENTING THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY IN OREGON'S 1999 HIGHWAY PLAN
• IMPROVED PLANNING DATA COLLECTION USING HANDHELD COMPUTERS
• LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR INTERCHANGE AREAS
• LESSONS LEARNED: ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN SELECTED STATES
• MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR PLANNERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS: VISUALIZING THE INTERACTION OF TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE
• MODIFICATIONS TO TRADITIONAL EXTERNAL TRIP MODELS
• ORIGIN AND DESTINATION ESTIMATION IN NEW YORK CITY USING AUTOMATED FARE SYSTEM DATA
• PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH TRB CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING METHODS, CORPUS CHRISTI, APRIL 22-26, 2001
• PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND FUNDING WITH A VISUAL, INTERACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN FOR THE KELLY PARKWAY CORRIDOR STUDY
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT: "DO YOU HAVE A 'POLICY' OR A 'PLAN'?"
• QUICKRIDE: THE KATY HOT LANE PROJECT IN HOUSTON
• RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH TIME OF DAY MODELING
• RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR THE CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF TRAFFIC SIMULATION MODELS
• STATEWIDE PLANNING TOOL TO SUPPORT MULTIMODAL DECISION-MAKING
• SUBURBAN FIXED RAIL TRANSIT PLANNING IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
• SURVEY DATA REPAIR USING HOT-DECK IMPUTATION PROCEDURE
• TCSP: DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY BASED PLANNING TOOLS
• THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TRANSIT ASSESSMENT STUDY
• THE ROLE OF FIXED COMMITMENTS IN SHAPING ACTIVITY-TRAVEL PATTERNS
• THE TRIUMPH OF THE TRIVIAL MPO
• TRAFFIC FORECASTING TOOL (TFT): A GIS-BASED FORECASTING APPLICATION FOR THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• TRANSPORTATION DECISION MAKING PROCESS
• TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING AND CONFORMITY DETERMINATION: THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION CASE STUDY
• USING A TRADITIONAL TRAVEL DEMAND FORECASTING MODEL TO PERFORM VARIABLE PRICING ANALYSIS
• USING TRANSIMS IN TRANSPORTATION DECISION MAKING
• VALUE PRICING PROJECTS AROUND THE UNITED STATES