Evaluating the Effectiveness of Widely Available 3-D Visualization Tools in Support of Public Participation
There is a persistent need for improved tools and techniques to facilitate public involvement at all phases of transportation decision making. Transportation agencies are still seeking more affordable, accessible, and effective means of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders. The court documents a survey of a wide variety of transportation agencies on their use of interactive 3-D visualization for public involvement using an electronic survey. Supplemental qualitative data was generated through telephone interviews with selected variety participants. It concludes with three case studies illustrating applications of interactive 3-D visualization to support public involvement in transportation decision making. The report concludes that the use of interactive 3-D mapping, although pervasive in transportation planning and design, is at the early stages of application as a public involvement tool. Most agencies use the tools for the purpose of informing stakeholders, illustrating the location of proposed projects, or plans or programs of projects in a regional or study area context, but not for engaging them in a specific dialogue in a meeting, workshop, or on-line chat forum.
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Corporate Authors:
Hunter (Broward)
Gainesville, FL United StatesFederal Transit Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Ramasubramanian, T
- Publication Date: 2009-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: 104p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Decision making; Geographic information systems; Public participation; Public transit; Traffic control; Transportation planning; Visualization
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01141831
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FTA-NY-26-1001-2009-1
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Oct 20 2009 7:40AM