环境公正、公众参与与交通规划

Environmental Justice,Public Participation and Transportation Planning

公众的全方位参与是公共项目,比如公路项目成功开发的基本保障。公众参与体现的不仅是社会和谐,同时也是环境公正法律的具体实施。简要地介绍了以环境公正为依据的公众参与在美国加州交通规划过程中的实践,包括环境公正法律和条例以及基于这些法律和条例的公众参与在交通规划中的具体操作方法和步骤。指出了加州及美国的交通规划实践重视人文环境公平、重视社会正义、重视公众参与的重要特色。

Public participation is the basis for successful development and delivery of highway projects.It represents not only social harmony,but also the practice of the laws and regulations regarding environmental justice.In this paper,the public participation process based on environmental justice in the transportation planning in California was presented,including environmental justice laws and regulations,detailed public participation procedures and steps.It was pointed out that,in California,emphasis on public participation,environmental justice,and social equity has become a special feature of the transportation planning and project decision- making process.