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Practical HigHway Design solutions There are many demands on state departments of transportation (DOTs) , from simple maintenance of ever-expanding assets to addressing the increasing mobility and safety needs of all highway users.
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2 or modifying a Practical Design program. The survey achieved an 82% response rate, with 41 of 50 states responding.
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3 its Practical Solutions policy, KYTC's state highway engineer included values for several design elements -- pavement and shoulder widths, curve radius, pavement and shoulder cross slopes, grade, stopping sight distance, and passing sight distance -- for three classes of roads: two-lane arterials, rural collectors, and rural local roads. The policy also suggests that for two critical factors affecting design -- the design speed and the design year traffic volume -- lower, in the case of design speed, or nearer, in the case of design year, values can be considered.
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4 • For the six states that were profiled, most recognize a relationship and similarity in the principles of CSS and Practical Design. For instance, Kansas stated that both CSS and Practical Design apply flexibility in the application of design features.
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