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(Full Topic Listing):

 

What is CSS?

• Core Principals of CSS
• Placemaking Principles for CSS
• Thinking Beyond the Pavement Conference: The Qualities and Characteristics of CSS
• Legal and Professional Basis of CSS
• Benefits of CSS
• Changing Society, Changing Communities
  • CSS, Transportation and Smart Growth
  • CSS, Transportation and Liveable Communities
  • CSS and New Urbanism
  • CSS and Placemaking
  • CSS and Active Living by Design

The Context

• CSS & Types of Highway Construction Projects
• CSS: Preserving and Enhancing Resources
• CSS: Fitting into the Physical Setting

• Preserving and Enhancing Resources
  • Aesthetic Context
  • Archaeological Context
  • Environmental Context
  • Recreational Context
  • Historic Context
  • Scenic Context
  • Community Context
  • Cultural Context
• Fitting into the Physical setting

• CSS & Macro Land Use – urban, Suburban, Rural
  • CSS & Urban Areas
  • CSS & Suburban Areas
  • CSS & Rural Area
• CSS & Types of Highway Construction projects

The Process

• CSS and the project development process
• Purpose and Need/Problem Definition and Project Visioning
• Final Design
• Construction
• Evaluation: CSS Performance Measures
• Engaging Stakeholders and Partners
• Review & Approvals Process
• Alternatives Development, Evaluation & Selection
• CSS and the interdisciplinary project team

• CSS Project Management Tools
• Enhanced Roles for Professionals
• Skills for CSS
• Techniques for involving all stakeholders

• Public Involvement Techniques
• Community Impact Assesment
• Visualization Techniques (Visioning)
• Selecting Public Involvement Techniques
• Conferences, Workshops, and Retreats
• Media Strategies
• Citizen Advisory Committees
• Citizen Initiated Processes
• Why Collaborate?
• Designing a Public Engagement & Decision Making Program

CSS & Design

• CSS design controls and criteria
• CSS and Safety
• CSS and Speed
• Design Flexibility and Exceptions
• CSS and Road Classification Systems
• CSS: Access and Mobility
• CSS and Road Capacity
• CSS and transportation modes

• Bicycles
• Pedestrians
• Transit
• CSS design examples

• Flexible Design Elements in Practice
• Parking
• Medians
• Modern Roundabouts
• Sidewalks
• Curb Extensions / Neckdowns
• Lane Widths
• Landscaping and Amenities
• Shoulders
• Crosswalks
• Bridges
• Transit Facilities
• Crossing Islands / Channelized Intersections
• Public Utilities / Valley Gutters
• Bicycle Facilities
• Interchanges
• Barriers and Clear Zones
• CSS and Traffic Calming
• Other New Directions in CSS Road Design