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Are Transportation Planning Views Shared by Engineering Students and the Public?

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: We surveyed transportation students and the U.S. public to explore consensus and divergence in policy preferences. We find considerable agreement among planning students, which may be a strength—it is easier to pursue shared goals—or a weakness—too much consensus can lead to echo chambers and disconnection. Engineering students and the public shared some planner-preferred views (like expanding transit) but disagreed with planning students about the role of transportation and appropriate policy tools, especially road widening. Our results suggest that diverging policy preferences are, at least in part, a reflection of planning’s signature pedagogy.

Source: Journal of Planning Education and Research

DOI: 10.1177/0739456x221097840

Authors: Kelcie Ralph, Nicholas J. Klein, Calvin Thigpen, Anne Brown

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Cornell University, University of Oregon

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4281707022

FWCI: 0.875

Cites: 33

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10