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A-1 Appendix A: Summary of Survey Outreach
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey City of Cambridge (NACTO Member City) Attendees City of Cambridge • Cara Seiderman • Patrick Baxter Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 5. What can the Green Book do to establish a philosophy and encourage people to use the guidance?
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Attendees FDOT: • Paul Heirs • Dwayne Carver Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 Decision-making in other offices of FDOT helped break out the contexts that they chose. The design criteria do relate back to the original five contexts from NCHRP Report 855.
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3 context design for the ramps that transition from a limited access to a different type of highway. Other challenges occur in C1 and C2 (rural areas)
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4 o Speed Discussion – Where is your agency with addressing target speed (or desired operating speed) and where would you like the industry to go to support these concepts?
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5 2. As you talk with other agencies, generally speaking, how has your new approach been accepted by others?
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Attendees KDOT • Amy Rockers Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 2. The forums (i.e., policy statements or design manuals)
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Introductions MassDOT • Courtney Worhunsky • Hardy Patel Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 o For area type, this includes three categories for each urban, suburban and rural: Rural – natural, village and developed Suburban – high density, village/town center, low density Urban – urban park, urban residential, central business district (CBD) o This context consideration is woven into all of the aspects of the design and all chapters of the Guide.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Oregon Metro Attendees Metro • Lake McTighe • Tom Kloster Kittelson • Julia Knudsen • Brian Ray Questions 1. Information about the processes and considerations in developing their products and opportunities o What was the evolution and catalyst for the Metro Livable Streets Guide?
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2 • Review and consider the functional classifications for modes beyond motor vehicles – such as transit routes or bicycle or pedestrian routes. • A green hierarchy to guide dimensions is important.
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3 Metro's Regional Transportation Plan outlines guidelines related to the design that set the foundation for the Metro Guide. This is helpful to have prior to the specific guidance in the Metro Guide.
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4 o There may be a more detailed list of items to look for to help decide what the context is, both existing and planned. Setbacks, densities, heights that are allowed, more characteristics to help define the context.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) Attendees MNDOT • Jim Rosenow • Philip Schaffner Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 • Breaks down in initial scoping and early design stages. • The principles and policies are there to support good projects.
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3 2. The forums (i.e., policy statements or design manuals)
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Attendees NJDOT • Amutha Vijayakumar Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 When it comes to context, there can be different contexts within urban and differ throughout the state. This context information may not be written in their design manual, but they use these flexible contextual design practices in their projects.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey City of Oakland (NACTO Member City) Attendees City of Oakland • Mohamed Alaoui • Si Lau Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 Projects are often working to adapting to users. Oakland is focused on transitioning their network from an auto-centric network to one that embraces each user – primarily pedestrians and bicycles.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Attendees ODOT • Rich Crossler-Laird • Susan Peithman Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 Scoping Team will be the ones asking more questions and working on some of the key decision-making pieces. By the time Engineers get this information, most of the decisions will be worked out.
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3 • Some regions are looking at defining the contexts in their region so that this work is already complete by the time the design starts. This would occur on a corridor level.
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4 ODOT notes the higher end of the range for pedestrian and bicycle facilities and the lower end of the range for motor vehicle dimensions.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Attendees PennDOT • Brian Shunk Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 Some people say, "I don't have money to build all of that". But Brian Shunk responds with "you don't have to build it, but plan for it." Do not create a barrier for the wider cross section that may be needed in the future.
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3 2. The forums (i.e., policy statements or design manuals)
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) Attendees SDDOT • Scott Rabern • Mark Leiferman • Brace Pouty Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 • When SDDOT looks at multiuse paths, they are often in high-speed locations so this is a challenging type of project. Shared use and pedestrian facilities are often close to the high-speed facility.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) Attendees TDOT • Jennifer Lloyd • Shaun Armstrong • Mike Gilbert • Jeff Jones Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 need and a community need and they work towards finding that balance. They go into a project and think about the needs from a "community mindset".
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4 A lot of their projects are triggered by a congestion issue but addressing congestion and integrating multimodal needs is a challenge.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) Attendees TXDOT • Bonnie Sherman • Chris Hehr • Neil and Larry • Eric Gobert Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 TXDOT's bicycle and pedestrian policies were dated back to 2011 and included a memorandum about facilities for these users. They are now moving into a new direction to provide additional guidance and advance the way that bicycles are addressed in roadway design in TXDOT.
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3 o What are your experiences when projects are faced with constrained areas and multiple users are needing to be served? How do you reallocate space to provide for all users?
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4 3. Challenges and lessons learned from the processes o Timing is everything.
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5 7. Design does not always begin with the design.
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1 Aligning Geometric Design with Roadway Context Task 1: Agency Survey Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Attendees WSDOT • Dean Moon • Norene Pen • John Shambaugh • John Donahue Kittelson • Brian Ray • Julia Knudsen Questions 1.
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2 make sure the project is compatible. Separating out the "need" versus the "want or desire" is sometimes difficult.
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3 o Does your state have dimensional values for design elements for specific contexts? Once the context is determined, this will help define the modal priority, and then the appropriate modal accommodation is selected.
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4 WSDOT has varied interactions with different teams. Some of them have a better handle on the purpose and principles of the approach, others need more support.
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5 o When addressing context classification, it is also important to meet roadway performance objectives and expectations. What is the purpose of the roadway?
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6 o Adapt the use of context to the full project development timeline, establishing reasonable expectations of the context exercise and deliverable at each milestone in that timeline. o Provide context examples/pictures from different areas around the U.S.
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