Effective Use of Citizen Advisory Committees for Transit Planning and Operations
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2010
Subject Area
economics - appraisal/evaluation, mode - tram/light rail, organisation - contracting, place - north america, economics - capital costs
Keywords
Advisory groups, Bus transit operations, Case studies, Committees, Metropolitan planning organizations, Public participation, Public transit, Rail transit operations, State of the practice, Surveys, Transit operating agencies, Transportation planning
Abstract
This synthesis describes the state of the practice for involving advisory committees in transit planning and operations, exploring the experiences from a few agencies in detail. The purpose of this report is to provide practitioners with guidance about how their colleagues across the country are involving advisory committees and ideas for how to structure successful advisory committees. This synthesis is based on the results from survey responses received from transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in 46 states and the District of Columbia. More than 80% of respondents indicated that they had involved an advisory committee in the past 3 years. Additionally, two transit agencies and three MPOs were selected for case studies to highlight their successful practices for committees with different structures and authority levels providing input on different kinds of agency and MPO activities.
Rights
Permission to link to this has been given by TRB, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Hull, K. (2010). Effective Use of Citizen Advisory Committees for Transit Planning and Operations. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 85, published by Transportation Research Board, Washington.
