Abstract
Public involvement (PI) has been introduced into road planning processes at the concept stage in Japan. However,Chinese citizens have few opportunities to access planning processes. In order to document the PI practice in road planning at project-level against the municipal legislative requirement and to clarify residents' perception of PI,this paper focuses on the Tianjin Urban Ring Expressway project and presents findings of a recent survey among the residents. It is concluded that the residents are dissatisfied with the PI practice and are demanding for involvement. Chinese citizens need a proper and legal way to express their opinions for protecting their primary rights and interests.
