Visualization as a Common Language for Planning: Good Practices, Caveats, and Areas for Research
Doug Walker · TR news · 2007
A well-rendered visual model can communicate complex, multidimensional information and can engage broad audiences, providing a common point of reference; facilitating collaboration between transportation planners, land use planners, and all other stakeholders in a project; and supporting a process that results in more informed decisions, fewer delays, less resistance, and more buy-in at each step. But along with the opportunities come pitfalls to avoid and risks to assess.