AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESSES: PHASE I RESULTS

The Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC) developed a plan for a two-phase study of the Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT's) public involvement practices. Phase I, summarized in this report, focused primarily on hearing formats and related issues. Phase II will take a much broader, more comprehensive look at all of VDOT's public involvement practices, beginning with the earliest planning stages. The Phase I study of hearing formats and related issues included a comprehensive review of the literature, a written survey for public involvement professionals in the 50 states, and a written survey for citizens attending three VDOT public hearings in 1999 (the Meadowcreek Parkway design hearing, the Capital Beltway citizen information workshops, and the Indian River Road location hearings). Two of the three projects (Meadowcreek and Capital Beltway) are controversial. Results of a previous citizen "exit survey" conducted at VDOT public hearings in 1995 and 1996 by VDOT's Location and Design Division's Public Involvement Section were also reviewed, as were several years' worth of attendance data and comments from VDOT location and design public hearings.

• Record URL:
  http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/00-tar2.pdf
• 
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19598
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40590
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903
• Authors:
  • O'Leary, Amy A
  • Arnold Jr, E D
  • Kyte, Cherie A
  • Perfater, Michael A
• Publication Date: 1999-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 79 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway planning; Literature reviews; Location; Programming (Planning); Public hearings; Public participation; State departments of transportation; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Virginia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00806437
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTRC 00-TAR2,, Technical Assistance Rept
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 23 2001 12:00AM