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167 EXPANDED FCS IMPLEMENTATION This section discusses the potential impacts of the Expanded FCS on other areas where the existing FCS is used. The literature review and practitioner survey has identified and documented the ubiquitous applications of functional classification within and outside of the geometric design process.
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168 Figure 53 Functional classification use by project development activity A series of meetings and conference calls with stakeholders from state DOTs and FHWA were undertaken to identify concerns and issues that the Expanded FCS implementation may pose. This section presents the issues identified and provides considerations for possible mitigation.
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169 Federal-aid Funding A primary issue raised by various stakeholders was the exclusion of the rural minor collector designation. Currently, the dividing line between major and minor collectors is used to identify roadways that are and are not available for Federal-aid funding.
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170 Transition from Current FCS A final issue raised is that much guidance that is provided to engineers is based on the existing FCS. Many data sets currently are aligned to these classifications.
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171 Table 38 NCHRP 15-52 research implementation plan Stage Elements Product Concept development a. Concept Research b.
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172 Suffice it to say, the Expanded FCS that has been developed provides the roadway planner/designer with a framework and systematic process to achieve a more context sensitive roadway design that reasonably accommodates all modes. The process includes several roadway types and context categories and provides multimodal user design considerations that can achieve successful solutions that will be acceptable to a wider range of stakeholders.
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173 broader perspective toward the accommodation of multimodal users. It also requires seeing a greater and more discrete gradation of context.
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174 agencies may face when implementing the Expanded FCS. At the end of each charrette, a short discussion was to be held to identify pros and cons of the step and issues that may require further attention and clarification on the guide.
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175 suburban residential and commercial. However, this is to be used mainly for planning purposes and not for design, since the handbook indicates that for design purposes these are to be handled similarly with an added consideration to the needs of the various users for proper accommodation.
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176 functional classification. Moreover, further and more detailed definition can be achieved at the project level once one is defined to allow for a more accurate reflection of the current context in case this has changed from the initial classification.
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