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Cited References

Section 1. Setting Clear Direction

Community Partnership Forum. Building Projects that Build Communities. 2003. Washington State Department of Transportation.  Retrieved August 2005 from: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ biz/csd/BPBC_Final/

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Flexibility in Highway Design. 1997. U.S. Department of Transportation.  Available online at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/flex/

Washington State Department of Transportation. Understanding Flexibility in Highway Design - Washington.  2005

Section 2. Putting CSS Into Practice

AASHTO. A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design, 5th Edition, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2004.

AASHTO.  A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 5th Edition, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2004.

AASHTO, Thinking Beyond the Pavement. 1998. Retrieved October 2005 from: http://www.sha.state.md.us/events/oce/thinkingBeyondPavement/tbtp.pdf

ARC. Community Choices Quality Growth Toolkit. 2005.  Atlanta Regional Commission.  Retrieved September 2005 from: http://www.atlantaregional.com/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-3F57FEE7-71310255/arc/public_involvement_TOOL.pdf

CalTrans.  Main Streets: Flexibility in Design & Operations.  2005. California Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 2005 from: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/context/ main-streets-flexibility-in-design.pdf

District DOT. Context-Sensitive Design Guidelines. 2005. District DOT. Retrieved on November 2005 from:

http://www.ddot.dc.gov/ddot/frames.asp?doc=/ddot/lib/ddot/information/engineering/CSD_GuidelinesJun2105.pdf

FHWA. Flexibility in Highway Design. 1997. U.S. Department of Transportation.  Available online at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/flex/

FHWA, State Highway Authority of Maryland, AASHTO. Thinking Beyond the Pavement National Workshop Proceedings. 1995.
Conference Brochure Available online at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/mdbroch.pdf

FHWA. Traffic Analysis Toolbox. 2005. Retrieved October 2005 from: http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficanalysistools/toolbox.htm

FHWA Office of NEPA Facilitation, Collaborative Problem Solving: Better and Streamlined Outcomes for All. 2002.  U. S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2005 from: http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/strmlng/adrguide/index.htm

FHWA. Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-making.  U.S. Department of Transportation.  1996. Retrieved September 2005 from: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ reports/pittd/cover.htm

Georgia DOT, DRAFT Environmental Procedures Manual. Retrieved December 2005 from: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/dot/preconstruction/r-o-a-d-s

Georgia DOT, Pedestrian and Streetscape Guide. 2005. Retrieved November 2005 from: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/dot/plan-prog/planning/projects/bicycle/ped_streetscape_guide/index.shtml

Georgia DOT, Plan Development Process. TOPPS Document 4050. 2000. Retrieved August 2005 from : http://www.dot.state.ga.us/dot/preconstruction/specialsubjects/PDP/PDF/pdp.pdf

Georgia DOT, Public Involvement Guidelines. TOPPS Document 4055-1. 2004.  Retrieved October 2005 from:  http://www.dot.state.ga.us/topps/pre/dir/4055-1.htm

Georgia DOT, Public Involvement Plan. 2001. Retrieved November 2005 from: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/specialsubjects/pip/pubinvplan-01.pdf

Georgia DOT, Transportation Online Policy and Procedure System (TOPPS). The Use of Modern Roundabouts on State Facilities. Document 4A-2.  2004. Retrieved November 2005 from: http://www.dot.state.ga.us/topps/ss/chengr/4a-2.htm

Illinois DOT. Context-Sensitive Solutions: Detailed Guidelines for Practice. Available online at: www.dot.state.il.us/css/cssguide.pdf

Maryland State Highway Administration. When Main Street is a State Highway. Retrieved on September 23, 2005 from: http://www.contextsensitivesolutions.org/content/reading/when-main-street/resources/MDDOT-When-Main-Street/

Powell Fragala & Associates, Inc.  Public Involvement Handbook.  2003. Florida Department of Transportation Central Environmental Management Office.  Available online at: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/emo/pubs/public_involvement/pubinvolve.htm

T. Neuman et al. A Guide to Best Practices for Achieving Context-Sensitive  Solutions. NCHRP Report 480. 2002. Transportation Research Board. Retrieved from: http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_480.pdf

Transportation Research Board. Performance Measures of Context-Sensitive Solutions – A Guidebook for State DOTs.  NCHRP Report 069. 2004. National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
Available online at: http://trb.org/news/ blurb_detail.asp?id=4400

Transportation Research Board. Special Report 214, Designing Safer Roads:  Practices for Resurfacing, Restoration, and Rehabilitation. 1987. Available online at: http://trb.org/news/ blurb_detail.asp?id=2711

 

TRNews. Issue Number 220. Effective Public Involvement in Transportation, a Primer for Practitioners. 2001. Transportation Research Board.  Available online at: http://trb.org/news/blurb_browse.asp?id=14

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place. 2002. Office of Water, Washington, DC.

Washington State DOT. Building Projects that Build Communities. 2003. Retrieved on October 12, 2005. Available online at: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/csd/BPBC_Final/building_projects.pdf

Washington State Department of Transportation. Understanding Flexibility in Design. 2005. Washington State Department of transportation.  Available online at: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/folio/ContextSensitiveSolutions.pdf

Zimmer, C. The Road Best Traveled Report: Proceedings from CSD Workshop – Public Involvement, St. Paul Minnesota. FHWA. 2001.


Section 3.  Best Practices – Project Examples

AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence - Best Practices in CSS competition brochure. 2005. Available online at: http://environment.transportation.org/pdf/AASHTO_CSS_Brochure_v4.pdf

Atlanta Regional Commission. Citizens Guide to Transportation Planning in the Atlanta Region. Retrieved Dec 14, 2005. http://atlantaregional.org

Context Sensitive Solutions.org.  Case Studies. Retrieved Dec 17, 2005 from: http://www.contextsensitivesolutions.org/content/case_studies/

GDOT. I-16/I-75 Improvement Project. Retrieved Nov 11, 2005 from: http://www.i16i75.com/

GDOT. Public Outreach. Retrieved Nov 12, 2005. http://tomcat2.dot.state.ga.us/PublicOutreach_ex/home/home.cfm

Midtown Alliance. 14th & 15th Street Bridges. Retrieved Nov 14, 2005 from: http://www.midtownalliance.org/TI_14and15.htm

Rockdale County Government. The Rockdale Citizen Involvement Program. Retrieved Dec 14, 2005 from: http://www.rockdalecounty.org/rock.cfm?pid=15

Transportation Research Board.  Circular Number E-C067:  Context-

Sensitive Design Around the Country.  2004. Retrieved September 20 from: http://trb.org/publications/circulars/ec067.pdf

University of Kentucky. Context Sensitive Design Case Studies. Retrieved Dec 13, 2005. http://www.ktc.uky.edu

Washington State DOT. Understanding Flexibility in Transportation Design. 2005. Available online at:

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/publications/folio/ContextSensitiveSolutions.pdf

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