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Context Sensitive Design CE 453 Highway Design Iowa State University. Howard R. Green Company. Where do we want to end up?. Understand the concepts of CSD Apply CSD to a real project process See where the theory of CSD has been successful. Background. 1991 ISTEA
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Context Sensitive DesignCE 453 Highway DesignIowa State University Howard R. Green Company
Where do we want to end up? • Understand the concepts of CSD • Apply CSD to a real project process • See where the theory of CSD has been successful
Background • 1991 ISTEA Balanced transportation projects with community and environmental values. • 1997 FHWA/AASHTO, Flexibility in Highway Design Identifies flexible highway design tools available to help sustain important community interests without compromising safety. • 1998 FHWA/AASHTO/Maryland DOT, “Thinking Beyond the Pavement” National Workshop Encouraged the best ways of integrating highways with their communities and the environment while maintaining safety and mobility.
Context Sensitive Design …is a collaborative approach, which involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that fits its physical setting and preserves scenic, aesthetic, historic, and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility.
Qualities Project satisfies purpose and need Safe facility for user and community In harmony with the community while preserving environmental values Efficient and effective use of resources Minimal disruption to the community Adds lasting value to the community Achieves excellence in people’s minds Principles
Principles Characteristics • Establish multi-disciplinary team early • Understand the community and valued resources before designing • Involve a full range of stakeholders, purpose clear • Process examines multiple alternatives • Commitment to the process from top officials and leaders • Open, continuous communication with stakeholders • Public involvement process is tailored to the project
Why is CSD Important? • Promotes active citizen participation • Balances community needs with transportation goals • Provides an integrated development framework • Seeks stakeholder and community values • Puts the customer first • Enhances community acceptance • Encourages a lasting public works legacy
Benefits • Making development decisions for the right reasons • Better protection for the environment and other community assets • Projects look and fit better into their physical setting • Enhances community livability and sustainability • Can save time and money by reducing “rework” cycle • Creates opportunities for design excellence
What is Context? Context is everything related to the environment, places, and people where a project is located.
Understanding Context • Natural Resources • Community Resources • Cultural Resources • People
Advisory Committee Meeting TH 61 Study Schedule We are Here Time to Complete Task Public Open House
ROLES & RESPONSIBLITIES DECIDE & IMPLEMENT DOT/Municipality/etc. ANALYZE INPUT Design Consultant -Provide Technical Support & Analysis Residents -Identify Issues -Review and Comment on Mitigation Strategies Corridor Management Plan / Project Study ADVISE Advisory Committee -Provide Input -Provide Business Perspective -Identify Deficiencies -Suggest Mitigation Strategies -Provide two-way communication between Advisory Committee and organization INPUT & ADVISE Context Sensitive Design Workshop -Identify Community Values and Issues -Identify Opportunities and Constraints -Consider Roadway Safety -Develop Corridor Vision
Why are we going through the process? • Create a suitable corridor • Identify community values & issues • Guarantee the opportunity to participate • Share stakeholder viewpoints, visions, and goals • Understand the transportation constraints
What won’t this workshop do? • Determine corridor alignment • Guarantee everything will happen • Accuse or be confrontational • Win or Lose • Compromise safety
Goal To BALANCE: • Community values • Environmental considerations • Safety and capacity • Economic realities
Stakeholder Input An opportunity to bring YOU, the community stakeholders, into the project study process early: • to provide input as individuals and community representatives • to identify community issues • to share values • to determine important elements related to the project • to consider what the BALANCE between safety, capacity, community, and environment is fair and practical
Traffic & Transportation Issues • Truck vs. car traffic • Destination vs. thru traffic • Pedestrian Circulation: safe crossings, bikeways
Business & Commerce Values • Maintain small town image vs. the strip • Maintaining good commerce flow-goods, services, people • Maintaining appropriate land use – residential, business, industry
Environmental Values • Visual & scenic preservation • Cultural – architecture, archeological, historical features • Natural resources – wetlands, lake, bluffs
Tourism & Recreation Values • Should this be a destination community corridor? • What is the emphasis on local & regional tourism? • What is the importance & value of recreation in the corridor?
The BIG question is… What is the BALANCE between community/corridor and transportation needs?
61 Next Steps • Analyze and Evaluate Input from CSD Workshop • Develop Alternatives to Balance: • Safety • Mobility • Environment • Economic Investment • Present Alternatives to Advisory Committee for Review and Comment • Revise Alternatives • Public Information Open House – Present Feasible Alternatives for Review and Comment FALL 2002- 40 TH 61 Corridor Study
What Defines a Successful Project? • Community Acceptance • Environmental compatibility • Engineering and technical credibility • Financial feasibility • Timely delivery
