Mainstreaming Context-Sensitive Design in Massachusetts: Deployment of the New "Project Development and Design Guide"
In January 2006, the Massachusetts Highway Department issued a new "Project Development and Design Guide" that dramatically reshaped the way in which transportation projects were implemented throughout the commonwealth. The process and the resulting guide are outstanding examples of mainstreaming principles and objectives of context-sensitive design (CSD) into highway planning and design on a statewide level. This paper explores the history of CSD in Massachusetts, describes the process used to develop and implement the new guide, provides an overview of context-sensitive project development and design guidelines included in the guide, and identifies some conclusions and lessons learned from this experience.
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Authors:
- Paiewonsky, Luisa M
- DiPaolo, Thomas A
- Bonsignore, Ruth
- Larkin, Beth
- Conklin, Christopher
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 98-107
- Monograph Title: Highway Facility Design 2007
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2025
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Context sensitive design; Design standards; Guidelines; Highway design; Highway planning; Lessons learned; Manuals
- Uncontrolled Terms: Project development
- Geographic Terms: Massachusetts
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01054507
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309104524
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 30 2007 8:30AM