CONTEXT SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS

Abstract

California is in the second wave of states to implement context sensitive development as authorized by the Federal Highway Administration. The movement began with the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, which gave states more flexibility in how they designed highways outside the federal highway system. Then, in 1995, came new provisions in the National Highway System Act that allowed such considerations to shape highways inside the federal system. Guidelines followed two years later. More recently Caltrans has devised policies that consider the needs of non-motorized travelers such as bicyclists and pedestrians. The policy also recommends attention be paid to the Americans with Disabilities Act, community goals, low-income populations' transportation needs and the environment, without invoking excessive costs or jeopardizing state economic development.

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