FDOT Context Based Design

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Florida DOT’s bold policy regarding their Complete Streets Initiative (CSI) has yielded context classifications for every mile of state streets and highways. The new Florida Design Manual references these place classifications when specifying design element standards. Finally, land use and transportation are connected in an official policy document. You can download this unofficial external draft…

An Expanded Functional Classification System for Highways and Streets

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 855: An Expanded Functional Classification System for Highways and Streets. This report builds upon preliminary engineering of a design project, including developing the purpose and need. In particular, it provides additional contexts beyond urban and rural, facilitates accommodation of…