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Put corridor feedback on the map.

A corridor study is a narrow question asked along a long line. Tortoise 40 keeps every comment attached to the segment or intersection it is about.

What this covers

Engagement for corridor studies

  • Intersections
  • Access
  • Safety
  • Land use
  • Mobility
  • Public comments
  • Map feedback
  • Survey input
01

The corridor as the unit of analysis

Comments sorted by segment and intersection are usable. Comments in a list are not. Shell keeps the location with the record.

  • Pins and segment-level comments
  • Category tags for access, safety, land use, and mobility
  • Coordinate export for GIS
02

Access and driveway questions

Access management is technical and locally specific. Give people a way to mark the driveways, crossings, and connections they are talking about.

  • Point comments with categories
  • Photo and description fields
  • Comments grouped by segment for staff review
03

Land use at the edges

What happens along the corridor depends on what happens beside it. Publish the land use exhibits and collect comments on the pages that show them.

  • Document review with page-level comments
  • A map activity alongside the document
  • Comment period with a defined close date
04

Survey input on the trade-offs

Cross-sections, lane widths, and parking are trade-offs. Present the options and ask people to choose, so the survey produces a distribution instead of a complaint.

  • Image choice and scenario questions
  • Priority allocation
  • Results available when the survey closes
05

A record that survives the study

Corridor studies feed into capital programs and future grants. The engagement record has to be exportable and traceable.

  • Full comment export
  • What We Heard report
  • Participation summary by method and location

Next

Give your public project a Shell.

Tortoise 40 is free to use. Set up a project, publish it, and start collecting public input.