Engagement Accessibility and the Digital DivideWith the holiday season upon us and drawing us nearer to the close of 2021, we at PublicInput, can’t help but reflect on the differences a year can make when it comes to accessibility and quality of life. The impact of the 2020 pandemic had in exacerbating negative impact on local...
Meaningful Engagement Unlocks Equitable InputInstallment #2 of the Effective Engagement Blog Series: In this series, we will discuss the four elements of an effective engagement strategy (outreach, input, analysis, and feedback) and how practitioners may address the post-2020 resiliency and trust building challenges associated with the ongoing change in community expectations. In this installment we address...
With the release of the 2020 decennial census data, communities across the nation are moving forward with putting the data to use. For planners this means updating planning area boundaries and information; for the wider community this means the process of redistricting. While the redistricting process of drawing new congressional and state legislative district boundaries...
An Expanded FrameworkWhether you work for a local/state government, metropolitan planning organization, transit agency, or consultant firm, chances are you are generally familiar with the concept of estimating resilience. Typically this dimensionless quantity corresponds to the ability of a governmental entity to quickly “revive” following an impactful event like weather or some other civic...
Installment #1 of the Effective Engagement Blog Series: In this series, we will discuss the four elements of an effective engagement strategy (outreach, input, analysis, and feedback) and how practitioners may address the post-2020 resiliency and trust building challenges associated with the ongoing change in community expectations. In this installment we address inclusive outreach and how...
How A Small Team Expanded Their Community Engagement Outreach The Genesee Transportation Council, or GTC, is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region of New York State based in Rochester, NY. The region is home to an increasingly diverse population of 1.2 million people, which comprises metropolitan areas, suburbs, and rural...
MPOs who pivoted and expanded their reachPublicInput joined a panel of presenters at the Association Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (AMPO) Annual Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Moderated by Bill Austin (Morgantown MPO), panelists included Lori Maher (Genesee Transportation Council), La’Kesha Stewart (MetroPlan, Little Rock, AK), Ashley Moran (Acadiana Planning Commission), and myself. The panel of presenters shared...
