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Community, Character and Cash:
How you can reform transportation with context
sensitive solutions
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Context
sensitive solutions (CSS) is a new approach to transportation
policy.
CSS programs - now underway in numerous states across
the U.S. - are meant to improve the way that transportation
projects get envisioned, planned and built.
Michigan Environmental Council (MEC) conducted research
and produced this report to provide community leaders
with case studies and recommendations to help them implement
CSS in their planning processes. Based on our research,
we outline ten critical points to follow for a successful
CSS program in Michigan.
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Download
the Report
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Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Research
findings: Ten state case studies of CSS implementation
Each of the ten states described in our research is
implementing CSS through new policies on project development,
staff training, conferences, research, and community
outreach and involvement. Taken together, they provide
a template for success and offer guidelines for building
a program in Michigan.
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Survey
of existing programs within the Michigan Department of
Transportation
MDOT currently has programs in place that can serve as
starting points for developing a fully integrated CSS
program. Among them are programs that focus on safety
and balancing the flow of traffic (Access Management),
historical features (Heritage Routes), and creative technological
solutions for transportation problems (Intelligent Transportation
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