Engagement Strategies
- Strategies for Promoting Civic Engagement in Inclusive Transportation Planning: Community Mapping — Brief that 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 (Transit Planning 4 All)
- Guiding Principles of Civic Engagement & Transit Planning: A Tip Sheet — Tip sheet that explores the key guiding principles for civic engagement transit planning that can be applied in various settings (Transit Planning 4 All)
- Transit Planning with Virtual Voices: Inclusive Online Civic Engagement Strategies for People with Disabilities and Older Adults — Brief that 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 (Transit Planning 4 All)
- 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 (Transit Planning 4 All, 2022)
Planning Accessible Events
- Planning Inclusive Meetings: Going Beyond the ADA to Make Your Meeting Place User-Friendly — 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 (Transit Planning 4 All, 2015)
Tools for Virtual Engagement
- Inclusive & Accessible Virtual Engagement: Lessons from The Field— White paper on the best inclusive and accessible practices for virtual engagement (Greater Portland Council of Governments, 2020)
- National Council on Aging: Tools for Reaching a Remote Audience — 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 (National Council on Aging)
- Best video conferencing apps and software for accessibility— Big Hack and Business Disability Forum in-depth guide to video conferencing apps and software for accessibility. The guide provides advantages and disadvantages for all major video conferencing apps (Scope, 2020)
- How to Make Your Virtual Meetings and Events Accessible to the Disability Community— Piece that 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 (Rooted in Rights, 2020)