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Public Involvement


The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas.
-Judge John Kane, US District Court

 

Public Involvement

Tips on how to get the public involved, example letters that can be used by citizens to communicate with their local governments and with their DOT.

Context-Sensitive Solutions and Public involvement (Speaker's Notes) by Jarrod Cebulski, Transportation Project Manager Patrick Engineering, Inc.  PowerPoint presentation on partnering with the public. 

Template: Traffic Calming Discussion and Request (278K) by Mary A. Kaufman.  An example of letter to a village board to open discussions and offer suggestions for traffic-calming treatments for a state highway that travels through a residential area.  Note that none of the suggestions restrict mobility.

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