Achieving Meaningful Public Involvement Outcomes in Transportation Decision-Making

This webinar was recorded on November 30.

As state DOTs and transportation agencies work to deliver projects that improve community infrastructure and services, many experience challenges associated with providing equitable opportunities and meaningful public engagement.   

In this webinar, public engagement experts share how practitioners in all modes of transportation across various roles, including policy, planning, engineering, operations, civil rights, environmental justice, and public involvement, are utilizing technology and creative strategies to meet these challenges and engage the public in their decision-making processes. 

Using the newly released guide from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) as inspiration, this webinar discussed applications of the guide’s six features of meaningful public involvement: 

1. Understand community demographics
2. Build durable community relationships
3. Understand community wants and needs
4. Involve broad representation of community
5. Use community-preferred engagement techniques
6. Document and share community’s impact on decisions