At last month’s Gartner Symposium and ITxpo, Gartner explained why citizen engagement is critical to the success of smart cities. Making a city smart goes beyond optimizing traffic patterns and parking availability. Today, smart city planning is much less about technology and much more about people. "The way forward is a community-driven, bottom-up approach where citizens are an integral part of designing and developing smart cities,...
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Hear from TxDOT as we explore how the agency extends its public involvement mission via interactive engagement. Getting meaningful public involvement on transportation projects is challenging. The public are not planners … yet they care about local congestion, mobility, and safety. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how the Texas Department of Transportation embraces innovation to successfully educate and engage residents on projects at any scale. ...
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Engaging the public to support a Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is challenging for even seasons planning and public engagement teams. This unique webinar explores these challenges and presents a detailed case study and summary of best practices to help agencies achieve unprecedented community engagement results. You’ll join Trevor Layton, Christina Ignasiak, and Trevor Brydon from SEMCOG for an insider view of their brilliant approach to...
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Rocket Builders chose MetroQuest among 450 contenders as a top technology company best positioned for exceptional growth in 2018! MetroQuest was acknowledged this week by Rocket Builders as one of the top private BC companies positioned to capitalize on trends in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. With a fast-growing base of annual subscribers, MetroQuest is deemed to be among the best GovTech companies...
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We had so many great questions from the webinar that it may take us a few days to answer them all. We will be adding to this blog as we answer more questions, so please feel free to check back to see more Q&A. Does MetroQuest have case studies and examples of how they have implemented some of these strategies on any commuter rail and railroad...
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A recipe for 5-star public engagement – how to find common desires and build a winning plan! When it comes to urban and transportation planning, motivated groups with competing demands often emerge in community outreach efforts. In this on-demand webinar, you'll learn how online community engagement can help find common ground to build a plan that citizens will support. Mark Evans, Principal of Urban Design at BartonPartners,...
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