CONTEXT SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS IN LARGE CENTRAL CITIES

Abstract

On June 19 - June 20, 2003, the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management hosted a peer-to-peer exchange session, funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and supported by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), on context sensitive design/solutions (CSD/S) in large central cities. Participants at the session were drawn from departments of transportation or public works in 9 major cities (Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, and Philadelphia) and 3 states (Illinois, Maryland, and New York). Representatives also attended from American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO), and FHWA. The goal of the session was to lay a foundation for dealing with the state of the practice and processes related to context sensitive solutions, and to identify specific examples that could be used as benchmarks for lessons learned and best practices. Presentations were provided from four perspectives: (1) National initiatives, which were discussed by representatives from FHWA and AASHTO; (2) State initiatives, which were touched upon, particularly those being undertaken by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); (3) How the issue is being addressed regionally by members of AMPO; and (4) The experiences of the large central cities. This report summarizes the discussion and conclusions drawn during the one and a half day event.

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