Public Participation Program

The Public Participation Program sets forth a very general public involvement process for CAMPO. It describes how citizens, neighborhood associations, agencies, and transportation providers within the CAMPO area can become involved in the transportation planning process. This includes transit users, freight transportation providers and major freight shippers, minority, elderly, disabled, and low to moderate-income groups, and any private citizen or agency representative. CAMPO's goal is to provide citizens complete information, timely notification, and full public access to key decisions.

The activities described in the Public Participation Program will be the "minimum requirements" that CAMPO shall comply with. For more detailed public involvement procedures and activities, staff will develop a public involvement process that is project specific.

CAMPO Public Participation Program, June 2007(2.3 MB pdf)

Creating a New Public Participation Plan:
CAMPO has initiated a Stakeholders Advisory Group and a consultant to cooperatively develop a new Public Participation Plan to replace the 2007 Public Participation Program. Using input from the public, the CAMPO Technical Advisory Committee, and the CAMPO Transportation Policy Board, the following participation needs were identified:

Techniques to encourage participation from ethnic minorities and low-income residents.

Cater the involvement methods to the magnitude of the project.

Find ways to better integrate public involvement in Transportation Policy Board meetings, also considering potential on-line technology.

Review social media and other potential solutions to ease public involvement.

Coordinating update cycles of outreach methods, such as news media releases and Internet distribution.

Consider methods to integrate the public with CAMPO work groups and committees.

Comments or questions from the public should be directed to Greg Griffin, AICP at (512) 974-2084, greg.griffin@campotexas.org.
Resources
CAMPO 101 Presentation
Best Practices Participation Method Peer Review Report by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., May 17, 2011
Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting Summary, May 20, 2011


Public Opinion Surveys:

These reports summarize the results of commuters in the Capital Area. This survey gathered information on commuter patterns and behavior, as well as important transportation related issues.
CAMPO/Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project Transportation Issues Survey Summary 2008
CAMPO Transportation Issues Survey Summary 2004
CAMPO Transportation Issues Survey Summary 2001

Speakers Bureau
If your group would like to learn more about how to be involved in regional transportation planning, contact Greg Griffin, AICP at (512) 974-2084 or e-mail greg.griffin@campotexas.org to arrange a speaker. Our speaker(s) will target your group’s needs, and are available throughout the CAMPO region. Following are a list of topics commonly requested, but other issues can also be arranged:

• CAMPO Primer
• Air Quality and Transportation Planning
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
• Commute Solutions
• Congestion Management and Data Collection
• Land Use and Transportation Planning
• Long-range Transportation Planning
• Public Involvement in Transportation Planning