1999 Grant Recipient Information
Kentucky

An Integrated Model for Transportation Planning and Context Sensitive Design
Central Bluegrass Region, Kentucky

Abstract

This project will produce two linked products that will individually and jointly aid in realizing and assessing attainment of the five goals of the TCSP. The Corridor Master Planning Handbook will provide innovative guidance and strategies to aid communities in reconciling development pressures with the need for livable communities. The Visualization Guide will detail the fusion of visualization softwares with group facilitation and decision techniques for purposes of promoting consensus across a diverse community group regarding roadway improvements. The Tools will be designed to help address local planning questions that arise from regional concerns, and to aid in the understanding of the linkage between the two. The tools can be employed in community planning and corridor management contexts both to help guide decision making and to refine the quality and robustness of planning and management decisions. Evaluation of the success of the project will focus on the use of the tools with an appropriately diverse focus group that results in the concurrent production of broadly-supported alternatives that promote the five TCSP goals. The project focuses on the development challenges found in the historic Bluegrass Region of Kentucky and involves both traditional and non-traditional partners.

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