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Contextual highway design: Time to be mainstreamed

In this second feature on transportation in a societal context, the author explains that contextual highway design involves working collaboratively among stakeholders and professionals from various disciplines to produce a result that both meets functional requirements and adapts well to the setting. It means elevating the importance of environmental, cultural and community issues on a par with capacity, safety and durability. It is an idea whose time has come.

SEVERAL TERMS AND A NUMBER of definitions in use describe the process of designing highway projects in a way that is both sensitive to contextual issues and responsive to functional requirements. Here is one that seems to capture ...

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