Specific areas designated by regional development policies, as well as other general areas in the Atlanta area that are well suited for CSSD.

What locations in the Atlanta Region are most suited for Context Sensitive Street Design?

In the Atlanta Region, both, local jurisdictions and regional transportation agencies, including the Georgia Department of Transportation have authority to implement Context Sensitive Street Design (CSSD) projects. CSSD Project locations should be selected to address transportation and livability concerns.

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Board adopted Regional Development Plan (RDP) policies in May 1999 that include a focus on managing growth in specific areas of the Atlanta region. These RDP policy areas include:

RDP Policy Areas:

• Town centers (historic centers of municipalities),

• Activity centers (major concentrations of office employment, shopping and residential),

• MARTA station areas (Transit Oriented Development / TOD),

• Major bus corridors.

Other Areas:

• local centers of community use and activity, including schools and parks, and shopping centers

• neighborhood serving commercial centers and/ or corridors - "main streets"

• neighborhood collector streets and local arterial streets that are also bus routes

• historic neighborhoods and / or commercial districts

• watershed of the Chattachoochee River and tributaries

The above RDP policy areas are places where the region is encouraging greater intensity of land uses and alternative, multi-modal transportation. Applying Context Sensitive Street Design in locations of regional significance would complement land use and development goals. Many of these RDP policy areas also overlap as areas for the Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) community planning and development program.