Making mobility improvements a community asset : transportation improvements using context-sensitive solutions.
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2010-10-01
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Abstract:"Major mobility improvements are often desired and even sought after by the communities which they
serve. Any opposition to such projects usually occurs at the local level from very vocal citizenry. This
opposition can cause delays, redesign, increased costs, and sometimes leaves a tarnished image for the
sponsoring agency. Even though environmental analyses were added to the project development process
to enable a response process for many of the objections, opposition (and potential delays and costs)
continues, especially for major improvement projects.
Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) grew out of a national symposium (Thinking Beyond the Pavement) to
develop an approach to help make major mobility improvements more compatible, more supportive and
more acceptable to communities. Use of the CSS approach—involving stakeholders in project
development from the beginning—was included in SAFETEA-LU as a policy. However, implementation at
the state level has been inconsistent, and a 2007 audit of states showed that DOTs of only nine states
(plus District of Columbia) have integrated CSS into their ongoing processes, while 15 state DOTs had yet
to start.
This project was developed to disseminate knowledge, experiences, and reasons for use and benefits of
CSS through university courses and technology transfer to facilitate its use by agencies and practitioners
in gaining community acceptance of mobility improvement projects."
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