Public Preferences on the Use of Visualization in the Public Involvement Process in Transportation Planning

摘要

This study examines the public preferences on the use of visualization techniques in the publicinvolvement process in transportation planning. Two projects were selected for which theprototype two-dimensional, three-dimensional and four-dimensional visualization models weredeveloped. The models were presented at public meetings in which stated preference surveyswere conducted. The same models were also presented in a survey conducted via the internet.Majority of the 31 and 136 of the questionnaire and internet-based survey respondents,respectively, ranked the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and four-dimensional visualizationtechniques in increasing order of their abilities to convey the proposed project concepts. Morethan 71% of the respondents thought that transportation planning agencies should devote moretime and budget to develop advanced visualization models to encourage public participation. Inaddition, more than 75% of the respondents indicated that they would be more willing toparticipate and encourage others to participate in the public involvement process if bettervisualization tools were used.