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More CSS Information From The Federal Highways
Administration
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The federal government, through the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), is encouraging states to adopt
the CSS approach to transportation planning and design.
The FHWA implemented, in 1997, a pilot project for
CSS, using CSS techniques on transportation projects in
five states across the country: Kentucky, Utah,
Minnesota, Maryland and Connecticut. (Please visit the
FHWA's CSS website for further details.) All of
these states have since adopted the CSS approach in
their transportation decision-making.
Currently, 26 states either have adopted a CSS policy
or are developing one. (See the map below.) The FHWA has
set a goal of all states adopting the CSS approach by
2007.
The FHWA has published a guidebook for using the CSS
approach and techniques. View the Federal Highway
Administration's explanation and definition of CSS, "Flexibility
in Highway Design."
Case Studies
The following is a selection of case studies that
illustrate application of the principles and thought
process behind CSD/CSS. The case studies are
geographically diverse. They illustrate a wide range of
project contexts, from rural roads to urban streets.
They demonstrate that one can be context sensitive when
dealing with a freeway, an arterial, or a local road.
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