| Publications |
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AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence "Above and Beyond: The Environmental and Social Contributions of America's Highway Programs"
(January 2008)
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NCHRP (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) Synthesis 373 "Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Context-Sensitive Solutions: A Synthesis of Highway Practice"
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_syn_373.pdf (2007)
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US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration “What is CSS? – Current Activities Report”
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/activities.cfm (July 2007)
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US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration “What is CSS? – Publications”
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/pubs.cfm (May 2007)
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"Habitat Connectivity and Rural Context Sensitive Design: A Synthesis of Practice"
http://www.mdt.mt.gov/research/docs/research_proj/habitat/final_report.pdf (February 2007)
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“Thinking Beyond the Pavement” Conference Report
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/mdbroch.pdf (February 2007)
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Integration of Context Sensitive Solutions in the Transportation Planning Process (Final Report
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/csstp/csstransplan.htm (January 2007)
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CSS Peer Exchange. Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO.
http://environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/css_peer_exchange.aspx (September 2006)
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Context Sensitive Roadway Surfacing Selection Guide
http://www.cflhd.gov/techDevelopment/completed_projects/pavement/context-roadway-surfacing/ (2005)
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Central Federal Lands Highway Division - Technology Development Completed Projects – “Context Sensitive Roadway Surfacing Selection Guide”
http://www.cflhd.gov/techDevelopment/completed_projects/pavement/context-roadway-surfacing/ (2005)
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Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions – A Guidebook for State DOTs
www.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_w69.pdf (October 2004)
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Center for Transportation and the Environment – National Broadcast Series (Webcasts). “Context Sensitive
Solutions – A Better Way”.
http://itre.ncsu.edu/CTE/TechTransfer/Teleconferences/webcast.asp?ID=32
(October 2004)
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NCHRP (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) Report 480 “A Guide to Best Practices for
Achieving Context Sensitive Solutions” Available on the web at
http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_480.pdf (September 2002)
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Peaks, Hayes, “Building Roads in Sync with Community Values,” PUBLIC ROADS, vol. 62, no. 5,
March/April 1999,
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/marapr99/flexdsgn.htm (March/April 1999)
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Federal Highway Administration, “Flexibility in Highway Design,” available on the web at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/flex/index.htm (1997)
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| CSS Websites for State
Transportation Agencies |
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California -
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/context/ |
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Georgia –
http://www.dot.state.ga.us/csd/index.html |
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Idaho –
http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/css/ |
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Maryland -
http://www.sha.state.md.us/Events/OCE/thinkingBeyondPavement/thinking.asp |
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Michigan –
http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_41446---,00.html |
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Minnesota -
http://www.cts.umn.edu/education/csd/index.html |
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New Jersey -
http://www.state.nj.us/dot/csd/ |
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New York –
www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/design/dqab/css |
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North Carolina -
www.ncdot.org/programs/environment/development/solutions/ |
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Pennsylvania –
http://65.207.30.22/css/www/ |
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Tennessee –
http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/css/default.htm |
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Utah -
http://www.udot.utah.gov/index.php/m=c/tid=144 |
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Washington State -
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/csd/ |
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| CSS-Oriented Websites |
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AASHTO - American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials -
http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/context_sens_sol/ |
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Context Sensitive Solutions -
http://www.contextsensitivesolutions.org |
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Federal Highway Administration -
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/ |
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Institute of Transportation Engineers -
http://www.ite.org/css/ |
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Project for Public Places –
http://www.pps.org/transportation |
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University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies -
http://www.cts.umn.edu/Education/ContextSensitive/index.html |
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Center for Transportation and the Environment -
http://cte.ncsu.edu/cte/ |
For more information regarding IDOT’s
development of CSS policy, please contact:
Kathy Ames
Deputy Director
Office of Planning and Programming
Illinois Department of Transportation
2300 South Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL 62764
(217)782-6332 |