BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THE PUBLIC: THE ALASKA EXPERIENCE
Communication between transportation departments and the public is no longer an option. The public demands it and legislation requires it. The need goes far beyond traditional public relations to a "dialogue bridge"--two-way communication--between those who plan and design and those who use the transportation system. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT) engaged the public in designing the dialogue bridge, also known as the public involvement procedure (PIP). They then used the PIP the public helped design to engage them in writing both the statewide transportation plan, which sets policy, and the state transportation improvement program, which selects projects. This article reviews the background of public involvement in Alaska, describes how ADOT engaged the public in developing the PIP, discusses how the process worked in developing the statewide transportation plan, and offers some insights on the experience.
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Federal Highway Administration
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Authors:
- Dilley, M
- Gallagher, T J
- Publication Date: 1998-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 10-18
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Serial:
- Public Roads
- Volume: 62
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
- ISSN: 0033-3735
- Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication; Development; Public participation; Public relations; State departments of transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
- Geographic Terms: Alaska
- Old TRIS Terms: Communicating; Transportation development
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00757729
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Dec 9 1998 12:00AM