Salerno, Miriam, Sanchez, Trish and Tomasello, Sarah. (2019) Practices for Online Public Involvement. Transportation Review Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 538 Report, Project Number: 20-05/Topic 49-11. Abstract: The purpose of this synthesis is to provide the current state of practice for online public involvement (OPI) tools used by state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and […]
Innovations in Public Engagement is a public outreach program developed by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) — which oversees planning for the 13-county region in northern and central New Jersey — and POET (Public Outreach and Engagement Team) at the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University. After two years researching outreach activities by planning organizations […]
Transportation professionals often find it challenging to communicate critical transportation concepts to a non-technical audience. While some have found tools, graphics, or just the right words to convey their message, research tells us that transportation professionals still face a largely uninformed public. In 2007, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Planning and Environment Group launched a […]
