Effective public involvement using limited resources
By: consultants, Anne Morris and Louise Fragala
Contributors: Fragala, Louise; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP synthesis -- 407; Synthesis of highway practice -- 407.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9780309143134
Subjects: Social aspects; Planning; Transportation; Citizen participation; Highway planning; Public participation; Teams in the workplace
Description: This synthesis was prepared to report on the state of the practice and to identify effective public involvement using limited resources. Basic information is offered here for transportation agencies to further their efforts in this area. This synthesis provides information about staff and agency experiences in the application of effective and cost-effective strategies and implementation techniques used to engage the public in the development of transportation plans and projects, as well as strategies found to be ineffective. It captures respondents' definitions of successful, effective, and cost-effective public involvement and reveals a rudimentary state of the practice in the areas of costs and measures of effectiveness. Although there appeared to be no clear cut definitions of responsibilities or implementation strategies, similarities and differences were identified in four areas - organizational structure, staffing, cost quantification, and process. Detailed appendices provide abstracts of the literature reviewed and document survey questionnaire interview responses.
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

"A synthesis of highway practice."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-34).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration NCHRP project 20-5, topic 40-05
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 2. Literature Review; title: Ch. 3. Survey Results; title: Ch. 4. Tools, Techniques, And Examples Of Their Use; title: Ch. 5. Conclusions.