About the Program
The Outreach Liaison Program consists of people from diverse backgrounds and professions. Each brings different perspectives to help create a more informed transportation decision-making process.
The outreach liaisons help tailor our public outreach strategies to the specific needs of a project or study area’s ethnic or cultural groups. Liaisons may offer knowledge about cultural nuances, interface with community members on behalf of the agency, facilitate community meetings or events, and provide translation services, if needed.
The goal of this program is to engage residents more effectively in transportation planning, increase public understanding of our work, and ensure engagement is diverse and inclusive. Our 13-county region is one of most diverse areas in the country, with communities that represent many races, ethnicities, cultures, languages, identities, religions, and traditions.
The NJTPA has been piloting this initiative with support from the Public Outreach and Engagement Team at the Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University.
If you are a subregion interested in using the Outreach Liaisons for one of your NJTPA-funded projects, please contact Ted Ritter at tritter@njtpa.org.