Coastal Smart Growth Home: Getting Started: Context-sensitive solutions
CONTEXT-SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS
Context Sensitive Solutions is a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach that involves all stakeholders in developing a transportation facility that fits its physical setting and preserves scenic, aesthetic, historical and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility.
How to Get Started
Context Sensitive Solutions Website
The Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) Website, developed by the Federal Highway Administration, in partnership with the Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America, provides CSS project examples, case studies, research, policy and training resources.
National Complete Streets Coalition Website
The National Complete Streets Coalition’s website provides a number of resources on how to design streets that address the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit.
Charlotte’s Urban Street Design Guidelines
The city of Charlotte’s Department of Transportation Urban Street Design Guidelines provide a comprehensive overview of their approach to creating streets that provide capacity and mobility for motorists, while also being safer and more comfortable for pedestrians, cyclists, and neighborhood residents, as well as design details.
Public Policies for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety and Mobility
A Federal Highway Administration report that provides examples of policies and implementing programs that support pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility.
