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A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design, AASHTO, 2004

Accommodating Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel: A Recommended Approach, FHWA

Beautiful Roads: A Handbook of Road Architecture, Denmark Ministry of Transport, 2002

Charlotte Department of Transportation Urban Street Design Guidelines, 2007

Context Sensitive Design Manual, Chatham County – Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission, 2007

Context Sensitive Design: Will the Vision Overcome Liability Concerns? R. Jones, 2004

Context Sensitive Solutions in Designing Major Urban Thoroughfares for Walkable Communities, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2006

Flexibility in Highway Design, FHWA, 1997

Flexible Design of New Jersey's Main Streets, New Jersey DOT, 1998

International Perspectives on Urban Street Design, Proceedings of the Context-Sensitive Design Workshop, January 9, 2005, Transportation Research Circular E-C097, Transportation Research Board

Main Streets: Flexibility in Design & Operations, California DOT, 2005

New Jersey DOT Design Flexibility course materials

Project Development Manual: Introduction, MassHighway, 2006

Safe and Aesthetic Design of Urban Roadside Treatments, NCHRP Report 612, 2008

Safety in Geometric Design Standards, E. Hauer, 1999

The Manual for Streets: Evidence and Research, TRL Report TRL661, 2007

Two Harmful Myths and a Thesis (Myths Concerning Highway Safety), E. Hauer

Understanding Flexbility in the AASHTO Green Book: A Webinar on Geometric Design, AASHTO, 2009

Understanding Flexibility in Transportation Design, Washington State DOT, 2006

Using Design Flexibility to Achieve Context Sensitive Solutions, FHWA and PPS Webinar, 2008

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A Citizen's Guide to the NEPA: Having Your Voice Heard, Council on Environmental Quality, 2007

Context Sensitive Solutions in the Transportation Planning Process: Questions and Answers, FHWA

Inside the Blackbox: Making Transportation Models Work for Livable Communities, Citizens for a Better Environment

Integration of Context Sensitive Solutions in the Transportation Planning Process, FHWA, 2007

Metropolitan Travel Forecasting: Current Practice and Future Direction, TRB Special Report 288, 2007

Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas, FHWA, 2001

Smart Growth Checklist for Municipal Land Use Planning, NYDOT

The Quiet Revolution in Transportation Planning: How Great Corridors Make Great Communities, Project for Public Spaces, 2008

The Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues, FHWA

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A Citizen's Guide to Better Streets: How to Engage Your Transportation Agency, Project for Public Spaces, 2008

A Guide to Best Practices for Achieving Context Sensitive Solutions, NCHRP 480, 2002

A Resident's Guide to Creating Safe and Walkable Environments, FHWA, 2008

AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence: Context Sensitive Solutions

Building Projects that Build Communities: Recommended Best Practices, Community Partnership Forum and Washington State DOT, 2003

ContextSensitiveSolutions.org

Context Sensitive Solutions Definition, Principles and Qualities, AASHTO-FHWA CSS Strategic Plan, 2007

Context Sensitive Solutions: Designing Transportation Projects for People and Places, Summary of Workshop, July 24-25, 2008

Context Sensitive Solutions Quick Facts, FHWA, 2009

Driving to Success with CSS, AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence

Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects, FHWA, 2006

Environmental Stewardship Practices, Procedures and Policies for Highway Construction and Maintenance, NCHRP Project 25-25 (04), 2004

FHWA Planning and Environmental Linkages: Corridor Studies Effective Practices website

Getting it Right in the Right-of-Way: Citizen Participation in Context-Sensitive Highway Design, Scenic America, 2000

Integrating Context Sensitive Solutions into Transportation Practice, FHWA, 2009

Integration of Context Sensitive Solutions in the Transportation Planning Process, FHWA, 2007

Minnesota DOT Public and Stakeholder Participation: Hear Every Voice

Moving Communities Forward: How Well-Designed Transportation Projects Make Great Places, American Institute of Architects and University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, 2007

Multi-Disciplinary Teams in Context-Sensitive Solutions, NCHRP Synthesis 373, 2007

Performance Measures for Context Sensitive Solutions - A Guidebook for State DOTs, NCHRP Web Document 69, 2004

Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision-Making, FHWA, 1996

Smart Growth and Transportation (Powerpoint), NYDOT

Smart Growth Checklist for Proposed Development, NYDOT

Smart Transportation Guidebook: Planning and Designing Highways and Streets that Support Sustainable and Livable Communities, New Jersey DOT and Pennsylvania DOT, 2008

Streets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities, Project for Public Spaces, 2008

The Quiet Revolution in Transportation Planning: How Great Corridors Make Great Communities, Project for Public Spaces, 2008

Tools for Public Involvement, Environmental Protection Agency

Traffic Calming Benefits, Costs and Equity Impacts, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, 1999

Well Measured: Developing Indicators for Comprehensive and Sustainable Transport Planning, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, 2008

Working on Common Cross-cultural Communication Challenges

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AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence CSS Case Studies

Avon, New Jersey Main Street Streetscape: Description

Avon, New Jersey Main Street Streetscape: Award Submission

Best Practices in Context Sensitive Solutions, AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence, 2006

Best Practices in Context Sensitive Solutions, AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence, 2005

Colorado DOT US 285 Case Study

Context Sensitive Design Around the Country, Transportation Research Circular E-C067, Transportation Research Board, 2004

Context Sensitive Solutions Case Studies, Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky

ContextSensitiveSolutions.org Case Studies

Integration of Context Sensitive Solutions in the Transportation Planning Process: Case Studies, FHWA (see full report)

New Jersey DOT Route 31 Case Study

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A Resident's Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities, FHWA, 2008

Active Community Environments Community Assessment

Active Neighborhoods Checklist, St. Louis University School of Public Health, 2006

Bicycle Suitability Assessment Form, adapted by James Emery, MPH from N. Eddy, 1996

Bikeability Checklist, US DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Community Context Audit for Transportation Projects, PennDOT

Community Core Indicators of Activity Friendliness Telephone Questionnaire, St. Louis University School of Public Health, 2003

Community Effects Considerations, Adapted from FDOT SCE Considerations

Community Impact Assessment: A Quick Reference for Transportation, FHWA, 1996

Community Impact Assessment References, FHWA Community Impact Assessment Course

Identifying and Measuring Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability (Journal Article), Ewing, et al, 2006

Identifying and Measuring Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability (Powerpoint), Ewing, et al, 2006

Improved Methods for Assessing Social, Cultural, and Economic Effects of Transportation Projects, NCHRP 8-36 Task 66, 2008

Making Your Community Walkable and Bikeable: A Guidebook for Change, UNC School of Public Health, 2002

Measuring Urban Design Qualities, Active Living Research Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Place Game, Project for Public Spaces

Placemaking through Transportation, Project for Public Spaces for NHDOT

Residents' Perception of Streets Survey, UK Department of Transport

Roadway Audit Tool (Analytic Version), St. Louis University School of Public Health, 2003

Roadway Audit Tool (Checklist Version), St. Louis University School of Public Health, 2003

Roadway Inventory, Irvine, MN

Smart Growth Checklist for Municipal Land Use Planning, NYDOT

Smart Growth Checklist for Proposed Development, NYDOT

Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, Saguaro Seminar, 2002 (see website for more info)

Streets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities, Project for Public Spaces, 2008

Thinking Beyond the Pavement Checklist, Maryland SHA

Understanding Communities, Presentation by Leigh Lane at North Carolina AMPO Conference, October 2007

Walkability Checklist, US DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Walking Suitability Assessment Form, James Emery, MPH

West Peterborough Road Audit, NHDOT and Project for Public Spaces

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Agenda and Presentation Descriptions

Understanding Community Context (Leigh Lane)

Principles of Road Design (Walter Kulash)

NCDOT Process Overview (Drew Joyner)

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The Louis Berger Group, Inc. North Carolina Operations website

The Louis Berger Group, Inc. main website

Sample of work for Metropolitan Planning Organizations conducted by The Louis Berger Group, Inc.

Sample of CSS-related work conducted by The Louis Berger Group, Inc.

Brochure on sustainability-related work conducted by The Louis Berger Group, Inc.