CONTEXT SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS : STATE DOTS WORK TO PRESERVE ELEMENTS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY

These days, designing a highway is no longer simply a matter of planning for safety and mobility, but requires consideration of environmental, community, scenic and historic resources. Better known as context sensitive design (CSD) or context sensitive solutions (CSS), these approaches are a vital goal of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which is offering training, best-practices guidance, case studies and other information to assist transportation agencies in implementing them. This article summarizes two case studies in Kentucky and then offers several resources, including books and a website to help planners find more information.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/11660022
• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Sillan, S
  • Peaks, H
• Publication Date: 2003-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 18
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Context sensitive design; Environmental design; Highway design
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942645
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 2 2003 12:00AM