Community Impact Assessment in Florida Transportation Projects: Case Studies

摘要

When this investigation of community impact assessment (CIA) in Floridatransportation projects began, we did not know what we would find. From preliminary investigations of how the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) went about doing its business, a self-assessment through the convening of a steering committee on community impact assessment, establishing CIA Coordinators in each District office, and coordinating with other units of the central office, the proof was indeed in how business was carried out. The Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida was engaged by FDOT to investigate and document, through case studies, just how the FDOT in its decentralized districts went about incorporating CIA into its business. This study was accomplished through surveys, extensive interviews, and site visits to various persons in the District offices and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs).