Quantifying the Benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions

Abstract

This report presents guidelines for quantifying the benefits of applying the principles of Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) to transportation projects. The report will be of immediate interest to the staff of state and municipal agencies with responsibility for planning, programming, developing, and operating transportation projects of all types and sizes. The report fully documents the identification of a wide range of CSS case studies and the results of the forensic analyses of the case studies to support the development of a sound methodology to estimate specific benefits accruing from the application of a defined set of CSS principles. The report includes a separate document entitled Guidelines for Quantifying the Benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions, which is under consideration for possible adoption by the AASHTO Highway Subcommittee on Design.