A review of the pubic hearing process as a means of obtaining citizen views and values. Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, January 1973.

Citizen attitudes expressed through the public hearing process with the results of a survey of persons living near a proposed freeway corridor, are compared. The two techniques indicate different attitudes by the public toward the project. Those who appear at public hearings show a nearly unanimous opposition to the project, whereas those surveyed showed mixed views. The paper is presented in an bridged form.