This handbook was prepared as a product of Mn/DOT's Non-Traditional Transportation Stakeholder Dialogue Project (NTTSDP), which was conducted in 1995 and 1996. For the purposes of this study, non-traditional transportation stakeholders were defined as people of color, low-income constituencies, communities, neighborhood-based organizations, disabled individuals and civic and cultural groups. The purposes of the year and a half long project are summarized below:
• To identify non-traditional transportation stakeholder groups in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
• To build better relationships with nontraditional transportation stakeholders.
• To invite those groups to become involved in Mn/DOT's public participation processes.
• To create a forum for dialogue and two-way learning so that: Mn/DOT is better prepared to develop and facilitate effective involvement processes that reach out to non-traditional stakeholders and Non-traditional stakeholders are better prepared to effectively participate in planning and project design processes.
This report documents findings and recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (Mn/DOT's) Non-Traditional Transportation Stakeholder Dialogue Project. Non-traditional transportation stakeholders were defined as people of color, low-income constituencies, community and neighborhood groups, and civic and cultural groups. The definition generally included groups and constituencies without a previous history of involvement in Mn/DOT's transportation planning and design activities. The purposes of this year and a half long project are summarized below:
• To identify non-traditional transportation stakeholder groups in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
• To build partnerships with non-traditional transportation stakeholders.
• To invite those groups to become involved in Mn/DOT's public participation processes.
• To create a forum for dialogue and two-way learning so that Mn/DOT is better prepared to develop and facilitate effective involvement processes that reach out to non-traditional stakeholders and Non-traditional stakeholders are better prepared to effetively participate in planning and project design processes.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Office of Transit is responsible for providing transportation services in Greater Minnesota, in partnership with the federal government and local communities. As part of its role in providing assistance, the Office of Transit obtained financial support to develop a Transit Market Research Study.
The study was conducted to: a) determine statewide transit needs; b) identify service designs and areas that have a need for such services; c) identify the reasons certain segments of the population who could be using these service but are not; and d) assist transit programs in developing marketing programs.
