Estimating the safety benefits of context sensitive solutions.
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2011-11-01
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Edition:Final; March 2010-Oct. 2011.
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Abstract:Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS), also commonly known by the original name Context Sensitive Design
(CSD), is an alternative approach to the conventional transportation-oriented decision-making and design
processes. The CSS approach can be used to design and implement transportation projects that not only result
in safe and efficient roadways, but ones that consider and preserve the total context of community values,
including scenic, aesthetic, historic, and environmental resources. The key objectives of this research are to
undertake a comprehensive review of current practice of CSS programs and similar initiatives in the U.S.
which incorporate the overall concept of flexible design. The purpose of this comprehensive review is to
identify the state of the practice of CSS in the U.S. and provide guidance to GDOT based on this information.
A secondary objective of the research is to show the benefits of the CSS approach. The literature review
included in this report provides a basic overview of the historical and practical foundation of CSD, the
precursor to CSS. The literature and case studies reviewed show that transportation projects can be delivered
in a cost-effective and context-appropriate manner in a constrained fiscal environment. When combined with
CSS principles, a practical design/practical solution approach can be a “middle-way” method for DOTs that
are interested in pursuing CSS principles but find themselves in a constrained fiscal or budgetary environment.
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