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... . MPO respondents stated that they were mandated to prepare a Public Participation Plan and it identified specific public involvement requirements for them to undertake in terms of a public involvement process that was continuous.
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... 21. DOT respondents identified multiple ways to develop a public involvement plan, whereas MPO respondents by and large followed their mandated Public Participation Plans and Environmental Justice/Title VI Plans.
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... DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESSFUL, EFFECTIVE, AND COST-EFFECTIVE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 29. Both DOT and MPO respondents defined successful public involvement similarly -- getting informed consent from the public, providing equitable access to decision making and offering opportunities to provide input that is carefully considered when the transportation decisions are made, getting a better decision than what you set out to do, reaching a representative set of the population, and acquiring meaningful input that results in a plan that reflects the priorities of the community.
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... • Quantitative measures of effectiveness had not been developed to measure equity, inclusiveness, or costeffectiveness of public involvement efforts. • Generally, the most effective public involvement techniques were a mixture of personal and face-toface encounters and the most ineffective technique was advertising in the newspaper.
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