01054507

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2025-10

http://scholar.google.com...klin&publication_year=2007

In January 2006, the Massachusetts Highway Department issued a new "Project Development and Design Guide" that dramatically reshaped the way in which transportation projects were implemented throughout the commonwealth. The process and the resulting guide are outstanding examples of mainstreaming principles and objectives of context-sensitive design (CSD) into highway planning and design on a statewide level. This paper explores the history of CSD in Massachusetts, describes the process used to develop and implement the new guide, provides an overview of context-sensitive project development and design guidelines included in the guide, and identifies some conclusions and lessons learned from this experience.

01088240

English

pp 98-107

2007

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309104524

Print

Figures (3) ; References (12) ; Tables (2)

Context sensitive design; Design standards; Guidelines; Highway design; Highway planning; Lessons learned; Manuals

Project development

Massachusetts

Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 8 2007 5:00PM

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