Chen, WenlingMehndiratta, Shomik Raj2014-04-072014-04-072006-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17682International experience suggests that in the realm of urban transport, a public participation process can be a valuable complement to the technical planning process in generating good projects with widespread distributional benefits that minimize concentration of adverse impacts. If properly designed, participation processes also offer an opportunity to incorporate the interests of vulnerable groups into the planning process. This paper presents a recent case study of a World Bank financed urban infrastructure improvement project in Liaoning, China, where the successful development of a meaningful public participation process influenced project design to better address the broad needs of the project beneficiaries. Particularly, the participatory process significantly influenced the project design and raised city leaders' sensitivity to public needs. Through the process the project shifted focus from major road expansion to secondary road improvements. Additionally, the participation processes picked up latent issues to better address needs of non-auto users, women and other urban vulnerable. The outcomes of the Liaoning participatory project indicate that a mainstreamed participatory process offers the potential to systematically reveal and address critical issues and public needs early in the planning process, which leads to higher value projects to accomplish investment goals.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYAIRAIR QUALITYALTERNATIVE MODESAUTO USERSBICYCLE FACILITIESBICYCLE LANESBICYCLE PARKINGBICYCLISTSBIKE LANEBIKE LANESBIKE PATHBUSBUS ACCESSBUS DRIVERSBUS FARESBUS PARKINGBUS PRIORITYBUS PRIORITY LANESBUS ROUTESBUS ROUTINGBUS SERVICESBUS STATIONSBUS STOPBUS STOPSBUS USERSBUSESCARCITIESCOMMERCIAL DISTRICTSCOMMUNITIESCONGESTIONCONSTRUCTIONCOSTS OF TRAVELCROSSINGCYCLISTSDISADVANTAGED POPULATIONSDRAINAGEDRIVERSDRIVINGENGINEERSFEMALEFEMALESFRAMEWORKFREIGHTFREIGHT TRAFFICGENDERHEAVY TRAFFICHIGH SPEEDSHIGHWAYHOUSEHOLDSHOUSESINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINTEREST GROUPSINTERSECTIONINTERSECTIONSLACK OF BUS PRIORITYLOCAL AUTHORITIESMAIN ROADMAIN ROADSMIXED TRAFFICMOBILITYMODE OF TRAVELMOTOR VEHICLEMOTORCYCLENOISENOISE POLLUTIONOVERPASSESPAVEMENTPAVEMENT CONDITIONPAVEMENT CONDITIONSPEDESTRIANPEDESTRIAN CROSSINGPEDESTRIAN SAFETYPEDESTRIANSPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESSPUBLIC ROADPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKPUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICEPUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICESPUBLIC TRANSPORT SHAREPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONRAILRAIL CROSSINGSRAINRESETTLEMENTRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGSRING ROADROADROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD CROSSINGSROAD EXPANSIONROAD EXPANSIONSROAD FACILITIESROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD MAINTENANCEROAD PAVEMENTROAD REHABILITATIONROAD SAFETYROAD SYSTEMROAD WIDENINGROADSROUGHNESSROUTESSAFETYSAFETY AT INTERSECTIONSSAFETY ELEMENTSSECONDARY ROADSSIDEWALKSSIGNAGESOCIAL SCIENCESPEEDSTREET LIGHTINGSTREET LIGHTSSTREETSTRAFFICTRAFFIC ACCIDENTSTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRAFFIC FLOWTRAFFIC INTERSECTIONSTRAFFIC LIGHTSTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRAFFIC PRESSURETRAFFIC REGULATIONTRAFFIC RULESTRAFFIC SAFETYTRAFFIC VIOLATIONSTRANSPORT EFFICIENCYTRANSPORT FACILITIESTRANSPORT MANAGEMENTTRANSPORT NETWORKTRANSPORT PROBLEMSTRANSPORT SAFETYTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORTATION PLANNERSTRANSPORTATION PLANNINGTRANSPORTATION PLANNING PRACTICESTRANSPORTATION PROBLEMSTRANSPORTATION PROJECTSTRANSPORTATION RESEARCHTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSTRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL PATTERNSTRIPTRIP MAKINGTRIPSTUNNELTUNNEL LIGHTINGUNDERGROUNDUNDERPASSESURBAN COMMUNITIESURBAN DEVELOPMENTSURBAN EXPANSIONURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN PLANNINGURBAN TRANSPORTURBAN TRANSPORT PLANNINGURBAN TRANSPORT PROJECTURBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMURBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMSURBAN TRANSPORTATIONURBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNINGVEHICLE DRIVERSVEHICLE EMISSIONVEHICLE PARKINGVEHICLESWALKERSWALKINGWALKING CONDITIONSWIND10.1596/17682