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Alternatives Development: Engaging Stakeholders in Identification of Alternatives
"Engage stakeholders in alternative identification. This is the most creative part of the project development process, in which sets of solutions are crafted in response to the problem statement and the evaluation criteria. Alternatives are generally... more
Transportation Research Board (TRB),
from NCHRP Report 480: A Guide to Best Practices for Achieving Context Sensitive Solutions,2002
Transportation Research Board (TRB), from NCHRP Report 480: A Guide to Best Practices for Achieving Context Sensitive Solutions,2002
Citizen-Generated Design Plans
In "Citizen-Generated Design Plans," Donal R. Simpson describes a process whereby communities hired their own design professional to help them to develop design plans that "successfully bridge the communications gap between citizens and highway... more
Project for Public Spaces (PPS),
from Community Impact Assessment
Citizens on Decision and Policy Bodies
Community people serve on policy and decision-making committees and boards. They represent groups organized around civic, environmental, business, or community interests, or specific geographic areas, or they serve as individual experts in a field.... more
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
from Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
from Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making
Community Values
The Florida DOT defines community values as: "a set of ideals, which are openly practiced or hidden, that are shared among individuals that identify themselves as a group. Community values are often expressed in written, oral, ritual or symbolic... more
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), from Community Impact Assessment
Conferences, Workshops, and Retreats
Conferences, workshops, and retreats are special meetings to inform people and solicit input on specific policy issues, plans, or projects. In size and importance, they range from a subset of a larger meeting to a large multi-day event.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
from Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making
Creating and Implementing a CSS Measurement Program
A comprehensive CSS measurement program should be a program that draws on process and outcome measures, and includes both a project-level and an organization-level focus may include a considerable number of measures.
Transportation Research Board (TRB),
from NCHRP Document 69: Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions - A Guidebook for State DOTs,October 2004
CSS Measurement Program Framework
A CSS performance measurement framework boils down to finding the right balance across two simple parameters, 1) measurement of project-level versus organization-wide factors, and 2) measurement of processes versus outcomes.
Transportation Research Board (TRB),
from NCHRP Document 69: Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions - A Guidebook for State DOTs,October 2004
Improving Conditions for Bicycling and Walking
"Encouraging more people to walk and bicycle, and to do so safely involves actions at federal, state, and local levels. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) provided broad eligibility to use federal funds for these... more
Association of Bicycle and Pedestrian Professionals,
from Improving Conditions for Bicycling and Walking,1998
Linking Land Use and Transportation Through Street Design
"The Creating Livable Streets handbook was prepared to give the Portland region appropriate regional street design guidelines to support local implementation of the Metro 2040 Growth Concept and Regional Transportation Plan. The guidelines were... more
from Linking Land Use and Transportation Through Street Design
from Main Streets: Flexibility in Design and Operations,July 2002
Media Strategies
Media strategies inform customers about projects and programs through newspapers, radio, television and videos, billboards, posters and variable message signs, mass mailings of brochures or newsletters, and distribution of fliers. Working with the... more
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
from Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making
Organization-Wide Measures
For many DOTs, performance in program-wide areas of vital importance, such as
system preservation or safety, is routinely measured using organization-wide
performance measures based on data collected across the agency.
Transportation Research Board (TRB),
from NCHRP Document 69: Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions - A Guidebook for State DOTs,October 2004
Project-Level Measures
The CSS principles
mentioned earlier, after all, have their
roots in the delivery of individual projects.
Furthermore, measurement can initially be piloted
on a small subset of projects. Project-level measures
provide valuable feedback to... more
Transportation Research Board (TRB),
from NCHRP Document 69: Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions - A Guidebook for State DOTs,October 2004
Road Diets: Four-Lane to Two-Lane Conversions
"More aggressive diets drop four lanes down to two. Fewer roadways can undergo this more aggressive conversion. Roadway conversions in Toronto, Ontario, are proving safety and livability benefits of these changes, while holding to previous... more
Dan Burden,
from Road Diets: Fixing the Big Roads
Selecting an Organizing Feature for a Meeting
Nearly every meeting focuses on discussion, whether people are giving opinions, debating issues among themselves, or challenging an agency by questioning fundamental assumptions. Meetings can be exploratory (for instance, "design-ins" where... more
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
from Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making
The Most Important Law of the 20th Century
"The 91st Congress enacted the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), considered by many to be the most important law of the 20th century. ...In tandem with NEPA, the 91st Congress also added a new subsection ...focusing on design criteria... more
Transportation Research Board (TRB), from Context-Sensitive Design: Will the Vision Overcome Liability Concerns?
Tips for Getting Started
By now readers will understand that this guidebook advocates a rigorous CSS
measurement framework that focuses on the processes and outcomes of CSS
implementation, at both the project- and organizational-levels. Full realization of such a framework... more
Transportation Research Board (TRB),
from NCHRP Document 69: Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions - A Guidebook for State DOTs,October 2004
Visioning
Visioning leads to a goals statement. Typically, it consists of a series of meetings focused on long-range issues. Visioning results in a long-range plan. With a 20- or 30-year horizon, visioning also sets a strategy for achieving the goals.
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
from Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making
