Context Sensitive Design for Local Governments
This workshop provides transportation practitioners with the tools needed to develop projects that better balance safety and mobility with community and environmental goals. The principles and benefits of Context Sensitive Design will be discussed with an emphasis on finding flexibility in roadway design standards. The workshop provides an opportunity for participants to apply the principles of Context Sensitive Design through working case studies. Examples of successful built projects will be provided, and concerns about capacity, safety, and tort liability will be discussed. The curriculum will be based on Mn/DOT's six principles of Context Sensitive Design:
- Balance safety, mobility, community and environmental goals in all projects
- Involve the public and affected agencies early and continuously
- Address all modes of travel
- Use an interdisciplinary team tailored to project needs
- Apply flexibility inherent in design standards
- Incorporate aesthetics as an integral part of good design
Instructor
Charleen Zimmer, AICP, is President and owner of Zan Associates, which provides strategic planning, training, and group facilitation services related to community, environmental, and transportation issues. During her 25+ years of planning experience, Charleen has managed projects and has developed a reputation for successful work with communities and the public on controversial and sensitive issues.
Who Should Attend
Engineers, managers, planners, landscape architects, and other professionals who are involved in transportation project development.
Topics Covered in This Workshop
- Principles and benefits of Context Sensitive Design
- Identifying context issues
- Involving the public
- Funding flexibility in design standards
- Understanding edge and system relationships
- Curb-to-curb design elements
- Edge design elements
- Tort liability
- Fundamentals of aesthetic design
- Implementation issues
- Examples of Context Sensitive Design
For More Information
Teresa Washington, Continuing Professional Education, University
of Minnesota
phone: 612-624-3745; fax: 612-624-6225
e-mail: twashing@cce.umn.edu