Let’s Use VR! A Focus Group Study on Challenges and Opportunities for Citizen Participation in Traffic Planning

Processes in urban planning are predominantly based on laws and regulations rather than user experience, potentially leading to low acceptance and usage of completed infrastructure projects. An evaluation of the completed project is usually not within the project’s scope, making it difficult to identify and address any issues in the process or design of completed measures – and hence device learnings for future projects. In this paper, the authors describe the current shift in local urban planners’ objectives and processes to be able to include citizens into the planning process and evaluate the results of infrastructure projects to learn for future endeavors. To foster a deeper understanding for their work, the authors conducted a structured workshop with urban planners (N = 7) with a focus on facilitation of citizen engagement and evaluation of infrastructure measures. Using the specific scenario of a cycling infrastructure project, the authors identified challenges, opportunities and requirements to support the planning process using digital tools and evaluated a virtual reality (VR) application as a potential digital support method. The results indicate that urban planners are eager to increase citizen participation, but are limited by regulations and resources. They see digital tools as a way to increase engagement and present planning content in a more accessible manner.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35678-0_24
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• Authors:
  • Schwarzkopf, Marc
  • Dettmann, André
  • Heinz, Adelina
  • Miethe, Melissa
  • Hoffmann, Holger
  • Bullinger, Angelika C
• Conference:
  • 25th HCI International Conference (HCII 2023)
  • Location: Copenhagen , Denmark
  • Date: 2023-7-23 to 2023-7-28
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: 1
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 358-371
• Monograph Title: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems: 5th International Conference, MobiTAS 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part I
• Serial:
  • Lecture Notes in Computer Science
  • Volume: 14048
  • Publisher: Springer Cham
  • ISSN: 0302-9743
  • Serial URL: https://www.springer.com/series/558

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Focus groups; Public participation; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01941106
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9783031356773
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 2024 3:28PM