Workshops
2005 Midwest Region CSD&S Workshop
The 2005 Midwest Regions CSD&S Workshop: Overcoming Roadblocks to Project Excellence is scheduled for August 24–26, 2005, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
Context Sensitive Design for Local Governments
Workshop Materials
Context Sensitive Design for Local Governments is a special one-day workshop for engineers, managers, planners, landscape architects and other local government professionals who are involved in transportation project development. Go to the Local Government Workshop page for more info.
Executive Summary
The Executive Summary document provides a succinct view of the issues explored in the May 2000 Context Sensitive Design workshop, and can serve as a good introduction to CSD principles and design practices.
- Executive Summary (475 KB PDF)
Participant Manual
The Workshop Participant Manual, containing all materials used in the workshops, is available for viewing and download in PDF format. This document reflects the workshops presented in St. Paul, MN, in 2001.
The manual has been divided into sections for easy access; sections containing electronic presentations have large file sizes and will take a long time to download without a high-speed Internet connection.
- Session 1: Introduction and Welcome (3 MB PDF)
- Session 2: Mn/DOT Introduction (192 KB PDF)
- Session 3: What is Context? (5.3 MB PDF)
- Session 4: Introduction to Design Workshop (960 KB PDF)
- Session 5: Design Workshop Session A: Defining the Context (128 KB PDF)
- Session 6: District Engineers Panel (192 KB PDF)
- Session 7: The "Think" Method of Design (1.6 MB PDF)
- Session 8: Design Workshop Session B (128 KB PDF)
- Session 9: Walking Tour of Excelsior Boulevard (128 KB PDF)
- Session 10: Creative Engineering (1 MB PDF)
- Session 11: Design Workshop Session B Continued (192 KB PDF)
- Session 12: Edge and System Relationships (4 MB PDF)
- Session 13: Aesthetics and Landscaping (8.2 MB PDF)
- Session 14: Design Workshop Session C (64 KB PDF)
- Session 15: Public Involvement (1.1 MB PDF)
- Session 16: Putting It All Together (3.6 MB PDF)
- Session 17: Design Workshop Session D (192 KB PDF)
- Session 18: Getting It Built (320 KB PDF)
- Session 19: Presentation of Working Case Studies (64 KB PDF)
- Session 20: Closing Comments (192 KB PDF)
- Resource Case Studies (6.8 MB PDF)
- Glossary (448 KB PDF)
- Bibliography (128 K PDF)