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Publications
AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence "Above and Beyond: The Environmental and Social Contributions of America's Highway Programs" (January 2008)  NEW
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) NEW
US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration “What is CSS? – Current Activities Report”
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/activities.cfm (July 2007)
US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration “What is CSS? – Publications”
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/pubs.cfm (May 2007)
"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)
“Thinking Beyond the Pavement” Conference Report
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/mdbroch.pdf  (February 2007)
Integration of Context Sensitive Solutions in the Transportation Planning Process (Final Report
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/csstp/csstransplan.htm  (January 2007)
CSS Peer Exchange. Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO.
http://environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/css_peer_exchange.aspx  (September 2006)
Context Sensitive Roadway Surfacing Selection Guide
http://www.cflhd.gov/techDevelopment/completed_projects/pavement/context-roadway-surfacing/  (2005)
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)
Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions – A Guidebook for State DOTs
www.trb.org/publications/nchrp/nchrp_w69.pdf  (October 2004)
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)
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)
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)
Federal Highway Administration, “Flexibility in Highway Design,” available on the web at
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/flex/index.htm  (1997)
 
CSS Websites for State Transportation Agencies
California - http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/context/
Georgia – http://www.dot.state.ga.us/csd/index.html
Idaho – http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/css/
Maryland - http://www.sha.state.md.us/Events/OCE/thinkingBeyondPavement/thinking.asp
Michigan – http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_41446---,00.html
Minnesota - http://www.cts.umn.edu/education/csd/index.html
New Jersey - http://www.state.nj.us/dot/csd/
New York – www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/divisions/engineering/design/dqab/css
North Carolina - www.ncdot.org/programs/environment/development/solutions/
Pennsylvania – http://65.207.30.22/css/www/
Tennessee – http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/css/default.htm
Utah - http://www.udot.utah.gov/index.php/m=c/tid=144
Washington State - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/csd/
 
CSS-Oriented Websites
AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials - http://environment.transportation.org/environmental_issues/context_sens_sol/
Context Sensitive Solutions - http://www.contextsensitivesolutions.org
Federal Highway Administration - http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/csd/
Institute of Transportation Engineers - http://www.ite.org/css/
Project for Public Places – http://www.pps.org/transportation
University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies - http://www.cts.umn.edu/Education/ContextSensitive/index.html
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
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Illinois Department of Transportation
2300 South Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL 62764
(217)782-6332

 

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