Engagement Strategies
Strategies for Promoting Civic Engagement in Inclusive Transportation Planning: Community Mapping
This brief explores community mapping, a tool for identifying various assets and resources within a specific geographical area through the direct participation of community members. It is a process of visual and geographic data collection and presentation of community characteristics on a particular issue, program, policy, or intervention.
Guiding Principles of Civic Engagement & Transit Planning: A Tip Sheet
This tip-sheet explores the key guiding principles for civic engagement transit planning that can be applied in various settings.
Transit Planning with Virtual Voices: Inclusive Online Civic Engagement Strategies for People with Disabilities and Older Adults
This brief explores online platforms and online community engagement strategies to best enable people with disabilities and older adults to be involved in the transit planning process.
Access for All: The 5 W’s of Inclusive Marketing & Outreach for Transit Planning Programs
Effective and accessible marketing and outreach is a key factor in the success and sustainability of transit planning projects. This blog post explores the “5 W’s”- the who, what, when, where, and why– of accessible marketing and outreach efforts for transit planners.
Planning Accessible Events
Planning Inclusive Meetings: Going Beyond the ADA to Make Your Meeting Place User-Friendly. A short list of features that, although they do not rise to the level of ADA-violations, can discourage people from attending meetings. The list encourages thinking about the details of planning an inclusive meeting and includes a checklist for seeking out meeting locations.
Tools for Virtual Engagement
- Inclusive & Accessible Virtual Engagement: Lessons from The Field. The Greater Portland Council of Governments released a white paper on the best inclusive and accessible practices for virtual engagement.
- National Council on Aging: Tools for Reaching a Remote Audience. There are many options for delivering services while in a remote location. Check out the pros and cons for each and what might be the best approach for you.
- Best video conferencing apps and software for accessibility. The Big Hack and Business Disability Forum have created an in-depth guide to video conferencing apps and software for accessibility. The guide provides advantages and disadvantages for all major video conferencing apps.
- How to Pick an Accessible Virtual Meeting Platform. The Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) has compiled a list of accessible meeting platforms. The list can help your organization procure and use accessible meeting platforms to hold the most inclusive meetings as possible.
- How to Make Your Virtual Meetings and Events Accessible to the Disability Community. Rooted in Rights explores the best ways to hold accessible, inclusive virtual meetings. The piece goes through the various phases of holding a virtual meeting (planning, during, and after the event) discussing how to make sure people with disabilities are included.