Transportation planning
Transportation Planning Planning Offices Office of Community Planning Public Participation and Engagement Public Participation and Engagement
Contact: Terri Bridges |
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| Address: 1120 N Street, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 94274-0001 |
Mail: PO Box 942874, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Federal and California requirements are emphatic about the role of public participation in the transportation decision-making process. Caltrans supports a balanced representation of all stakeholders in the planning process and considers it good planning practice to seek and consider the needs of all stakeholders, especially those that are traditionally underserved.
Planning Public Engagement Contract (PPEC)
(November 7, 2006 - February 28, 2010)
Caltrans’ Planning Public Engagement Contract (PPEC) provides on-call consultant services to Headquarters and the 12 District Planning units for public engagement and outreach efforts during early transportation planning efforts.
The goal of the PPEC is to provide the specialized services and skills needed to ensure public engagement successes. The $2.2 million contract, funded by the Office of State Planning and Research, was awarded to Moore Iacofano Goltsman Inc. (MIG) (www.migcom.com) on November 7, 2006. It will expire on February 28, 2010.
The PPEC supports strategic task proposals that reflect the goals of community-based transportation planning, public engagement, and Context Sensitive Solutions.
As detailed in the Scope of Work, July 12, 2006, the PPEC supports federal public engagement requirements established by the following statutes/orders:
§ Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU);
§ Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21);
§ Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991;
§ Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
§ Environmental Justice (EJ) Executive Order 12898; and
§ Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Executive Order 13166.
Caltrans encourages projects that include collaboration with Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Regional Transportation Planning Agencies (RTPAs), cities, and counties. Collaboration ensures that the communities understand the local context of long-range transportation planning and the need for public engagement in the early stages of corridor planning. Products generated under the current contract:
MIG Progress Report Summary (December 6, 2007 - January 8, 2008)
Planning Public Participation Contract (2002 – 2005)
Caltrans’ prior contract for “on-call” task order consultant services (the Planning Public Participation Contract) generated the following products:
Best Practices Public Participation Reference (2005)
The Best Practices Public Participation Reference provides Caltrans planners with additional public engagement guidance. This reference supplements the Public Participation Guide published in 2002.
Additional References
Public Participation Guide (August 6, 2002)
Provides strategies and tools to engage the public in transportation decision making. Published by the Caltrans Division of Transportation Planning, Office of Community Planning.
A Citizen's Guide to Transportation Decision-making Federal Highway Administration
Public Involvement Techniques, Federal Highway Administration & Federal Transit Administration, 2002
General Plan Guidelines, Governors Office of Planning and Research, 2003
What is a Charrette? National Charrette Institute website, 2005
Practicing Planner, American Institute of Certified Planners