PUBLIC AWARENESS TOOLS

An Internet web site called the Public Awareness Web (PAW) was developed to provide information to the general public on transportation issues and give answers to frequently asked questions concerning transportation planning processes and challenges. This site is expected to improve UDOT(Utah DOT)/public relations as well as save UDOT time and expense in answering repeated similar questions. The World Wide Web (WWW) was selected as the means of information dissemination because it is a fast, cost-effective method of providing information to the public. In addition, information delivered through the WWW can be continually updated and obsolete information deleted. The site is introduced by a cartoon spider, Willy-Web-Walker, who leads first-time users through a lesson on navigating the web. This tutorial leads into PAW and may result in the public visiting the site specifically for the tutorial.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=345
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63332
• Corporate Authors:

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Prante, C
  • Stokes, D
• Publication Date: 1999-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 27 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information dissemination; Information technology; Internet; Public information programs; Websites (Information retrieval)
• Geographic Terms: Utah
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760659
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 99-100
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 16 1999 12:00AM