Today, transportation congestion represents a seriousthreat to the U.S. national economy and affects virtuallyevery aspect of our lives—where we live, where we work,where we shop, and how much we pay for goods andservices. According to the Texas Transportation Institute,road congestion annually results in 3.7 billion hours oftravel delay and 2.3 billion gallons of wasted fuel. Whetherit’s trucks stalled in traffic, cargo stuck at overwhelmed seaports,or airplanes circling over crowded airports, congestion
This is an invaluable resource and will help inform public officials on effective ways to engage citizens in public policy decisions. There are many tools and techniques to choose from. This will be very informative and help lead the way for "high-quality public participation." Thank you for taking the initiative to publish this report.
This promises to offer communities insight into a variety of ways to engage citizens in public policy issues. There have been a myriad of tools and techniques developed over the past 4 years that include citizens in "decision-making" and "choice-creating". It's exciting to see the shift from random selection to large group engagement processes like the Community Forum that was a citizen initiative passed into law in King Co., Washington. The more people involved in learning about issues and sharing their opinions the more educated they become to make wiser choices to benefit the broader community.
The recommendations set forth in the report are now available in StratML format at http://xml.gov/stratml/drybridge/index.htm#AS or, more specifically, http://xml.gov/stratml/carmel/APPOGEwStyle.xml
Findings One and Four are closely related to the purposes of the StratML standard: http://xml.gov/stratml/index.htm#DefinitionPurposes