Sponsor
This project was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC; grant number 1518), a U.S. DOT University Transportation Center, and with additional support from Salt Lake City Transportation Division; Wasatch Front Regional Council; Utah Department of Transportation; Utah Transit Authority; University of Utah; Salt Lake County, Regional Planning and Transportation; and the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Published In
Transportation Research Record
Document Type
Pre-Print
Publication Date
10-1-2023
Subjects
Transportation monitoring, Real-time information
Abstract
Citizen planning academies, which became popular in the 1990s, are increasingly being used in transportation planning and decision-making contexts. By making use of a longer-term, multiweek educational format, transportation academies have the potential to reduce barriers and enhance community capital leading to more meaningful and sustained government community interaction. This paper tracks the rise of transportation academies in North America, and provides a detailed look at two academies: one in Portland, Oregon with a 30-year history, and another recently launched in the Salt Lake City, Utah region. Postacademy surveys of participants provided data that illuminated whether the transportation academy model was effective in fostering greater and longer-term community engagement. Using an evaluation framework developed for assessing citizen planning academies, the data indicated positive outcomes and provide a basis for further expansion of the use of academy-type engagement initiatives.
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DOI
10.1177/03611981231172508
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/41328
Citation Details
Published as: McNeil, N., Bartholomew, K., & Ryan, M. (2023). Transportation Academies as Catalysts for Civic Engagement in Transportation Decision-Making. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2677(10), 849–862.
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.