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Appendix C ‐ 1 Appendix C State‐of‐the‐Practice Interviews: Protocols for Interviews and Questionnaire
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Appendix C ‐ 2 C.1 Target Interviewees for State‐of‐Practice Interviews A sample contact list for State‐of‐Practice interviews was developed principally targeting knowledgeable representatives within tolling authorities and transportation agencies who have familiarity with a range of activities for bringing tolling projects through implementation. The targeted interviewees represented a mix of agencies, regions, and types of toll facilities. Several sources from the literature review were consulted to develop the target list, including FHWA's 2012 Priced Managed Lanes Guide, which identifies 21 priced managed lane projects that are either operational or nearing completion. The sample list of contacts included persons at U.S. DOT, state DOTs, MPOs, or those who have expertise or familiarity with civil rights, the Office of Innovative Program Delivery, or specific tolling initiatives of the Value Pricing Program and the UPA/CRD programs. These representatives ensured that the sample list of interviewees included sponsoring agencies and expert practitioners that could offer insight on the current state‐of‐the‐practice, or who could speak with experience about innovative or creative approaches to address EJ considerations on toll pricing projects. The sample interview list also included project sponsors using federal funds, private sponsors, public tolling agencies, FHWA and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, officials from state DOTs and MPOs, private‐sector individuals with subject matter expertise (e.g., travel demand modeling, economics, market research, public involvement and communications, socioeconomics, environmental compliance, tolling operations)
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Appendix C ‐ 3 C.2 Sample Outreach Text to Solicit Potential Interviewee Hello [Name of Interviewee] , I am writing to ask if I could speak with you about your experience with environmental justice analyses related to new toll facilities or rate increases on existing tolled facilities. I am on a Research Team that is preparing a Guidebook to help public agencies and practitioners identify and assess the environmental justice impacts of new tolled facilities or rate increases on existing tolled facilities. This project is funded by NCHRP and the National Academy of Sciences. Our Research Team is led by staff at Louis Berger and Rutgers University. The questions I would like to discuss with you cover the following topics: 1.
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Appendix C ‐ 4 C.3 Information for the Interviewer to Collect Before the Interview 1. The organization's primary mission: 2.
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Appendix C ‐ 5 8. Were the demographics of the public described in relationship to any public involvement plans or reports prepared by the agency as they were making their decision?
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Appendix C ‐ 6 C.4 Instructions for Interviewers to Begin Interview Call Environmental Justice Analysis When Considering Toll Implementation or Rate Changes [After hellos/greetings] I anticipate that our interview will last approximately an hour. Let me first remind you about the purpose of today's interview. I am on a Research Team that is preparing a Guidebook to help public agencies and practitioners identify and assess the environmental justice impacts of tolling. We are interested in both new tolled facilities and rate increases on existing tolled facilities. This project is funded by NCHRP and the National Academy of Sciences. Our Research Team is led by staff at Louis Berger and Rutgers University. You are one of several experts we will talk with to explore your experience with the environmental justice issues related to tolling. I'm first going to ask a series of questions to learn what environmental justice analysis your organization has done to date. Then, I'd like to ask your opinions about how practitioners might improve their future work on this topic. With your permission, we will include your name and affiliation in the published report, in a list of all people interviewed. In addition, we might describe specific facts you tell us about how [organization]
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Appendix C ‐ 7 STATE OF THE PRACTICE: INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PRACTITIONERS Environmental Justice Analysis When Considering Toll Implementation or Rate Changes Environmental Justice Analyses When Considering Toll Implementation or Rate Changes is a project of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) of the National Academies of Sciences.
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Appendix C ‐ 8 1. BACKGROUND & ORGANIZATION 1.1 Could you tell me briefly about what work you've done related to tolling and environmental justice, either at [organization]
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Appendix C ‐ 9 2.5 For analysis of toll projects, what methods or processes has [organization] used to identify populations who might be affected and the likely impact on other disadvantaged groups?
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Appendix C ‐ 10 Were other geospatial and traffic related data sources and analysis methods considered but ultimately rejected to assess the benefits and burdens impacts upon EJ and other disadvantaged populations? What were these data sources or analysis methods?
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Appendix C ‐ 11 4.2 Did the [organization] consider whether adverse impacts were appreciably more severe or greater in magnitude for low‐income or minority populations than other populations?
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Appendix C ‐ 12 populations, provide childcare; locate meeting held at facility within an EJ community, ask EJ community leaders to arrange the meeting) Did you use web‐based community participation platforms?
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Appendix C ‐ 13 8.5 Is there anything else you'd like to tell me about the environmental justice and stakeholder impact related analysis work done for tolling projects? 8.6 Can you suggest any written reports, case studies, effective practices or other materials that we should look at as we prepare our final guidebook with recommendations about conducting environmental justice analyses of toll projects?
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