Design Excellence Through Context Sensitive Solutions
March 9-10, 2010
Sponsored by MnDOT and FHWA, this two-day workshop for transportation planners and engineers was designed to have participants learn how to integrate the principles of CSS into the exiting MnDOT project development process.
Materials
- Introduction (423 KB PDF)
- Session 1: The Business Case for CSS (5.81 MB PDF)
- Session 2: Principles of CSS (10.2 MB PDF)
- Session 3: Design Workshop A (200 KB PDF)
- Session 4: Achieving Community Objectives Through Infrastructure Design (5.48 MB PDF)
- Session 5: Design Workshop B (93 KB PDF)
- Session 6: Principles of Public Participation (381 KB PDF)
- Session 7: Field Exercise (200 KB PDF)
- Session 8: Designing Complete Streets (5.55 MB PDF)
- Session 9: Design Workshop C (1.02 MB PDF)
- Session 10: Integrating Landscape Architecture and Visual Quality Management (10.3 MB PDF)
- Session 11: Design Workshop D (494 KB PDF)
Toolbox of resources
- Training, Services and Resources (85 KB PDF)
- Glossary of Selected Terms (647 KB PDF)
- Formal Design Exceptions (114 KB PDF)
- Flexible Design for 21st Century Challenges: Whitepaper and meeting summary (822 KB PDF)
- Flexible Design for 21st Century Challenges: Background Information (95 KB PDF)
- CSS Principles (1017 KB PDF)
- CSS Principles and Benefits Matrix (191 KB PDF)
- Cost Participation (1.7 MB PDF)
- Aesthetic Initiative Measurement System (AIMS) (350 KB PDF)