Improving Communications About Transit
For example, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has a communications tool that gives residents a voice in the long-range planning of transportation in the region.
"The tool that CMAP uses for public input, called MetroQuest, recognizes that in developing long-term plans to anticipate the influx of 2.8 million residents to northeastern Illinois by 2030, it is essential that residents of the region have a voice in how plans are formulated. Targeted education to various demographics in the region is one of the key components of public engagement. Users can access the participatory planning site here. It is informative and provides options for residents to give input on the region's development, design, transportation, planning, energy, quality of life and even governance."
Topics
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- A 20-Year To-Do List for Cities
- The Argument Against Home Ownership
- Does the Plan to Revitalize a D.C. Canal Too Much Resemble the High Line?
- Study: Not All Gentrification Effects Are Equal
- Research: Transit Times Determine Social Networks
- Report Makes Business Case for Vancouver-to-Portland High Speed Rail
- The Great O'Hare Race (And its Discontents)
- Moving People Out of Flood Zones Is a Win-Win Strategy
- Another Berkeley 'First': Banning Natural Gas Lines in New Buildings
- An 'Urban Orchard' Next to the Los Angeles River
- Austin Mulling New Incentives for Transit Riders
- 'Urban Green Spaces': A Book for Planners and Laypeople
- The Myth of the 'Childless City'
- After a Bus Kills a Scooter Rider, Two Councilmembers Call for Complete Streets
- A Complete Streets Building Spree in Philadelphia
- Home Improvements Expected to Slow Substantially in the Upcoming Year
- As More 'Superstar' Cities Emerge, the Gap With Other Cities Grows
- Advocates Press for Harder Questions While Pittsburgh Experiments With Self-Driving Cars
