The statistics below were extracted from a content analysis on comments collected from a public hearing regarding SRIP and the approved project design. The hearing was held on August 15, 2012 at Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center with the intended purpose of gaining feedback from the community on the preferred alternative route for the rail consolidation. [More on public hearings]
The focus of this analysis is the efficiency of communication, resolving conflicts of interest, and the impact of the project on under represented groups.
- Conflict Resolution
- Communication
- Impact on underrepresented groups
These are the results!
| Conflict Resolution | |
| Total Sample | 140 (comments/people) |
| Total concerns or instances of significant opinion | 155 |
| Concerns that needed to be addressed | 52 (60%) |
| A) Concerns addressed without favor, solution, or sentiment | 14 (27%) |
| B) Concerns or conflict ignored | 17 (33%) |
| Conflict or concern resolved with favor or concern was already in favor | 122 |
| A & B combined | 31/52 |
| Communication | Statistic |
| Total comments regarding communication | 30 (21%) of total sample |
| A) Satisfied with communication | 15 (50%) |
| B) Unsatisfied or neutral | 15 (50%) |
| Will be displaced & mention communication | 7/30 |
| A) Will be displaced & mentioned being unsatisfied with communication | 5/7 |
| Division | Statistics | Commenters | |||||||||||||||||
| Comments that mention the railroad dividing or splitting Springfield
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8 | SP31, SP39, SP42, SP43, SP59, SP69, SP130, SP143 | |||||||||||||||||
| Comments mention dividing Springfield in terms of race or socioeconomic status, or under developed/developed areas | 5 | SP10, SP42, SP60, SP143 SP169 | |||||||||||||||||
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Citation
US Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration. 2012. “Chicago to St. Louis Volume II – Appendix F–Public Hearing Documentation.” Washington, DC: Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved October 29 , 2017 (https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L03995).