The Idaho Transportation Department’s (ITD) commitment to implementing Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) is evidenced by its development of two reference documents to guide the application of these principles. The documents are the ITD Context Sensitive Solutions Guide and the ITD Practical Solutions for Highway Design guide. ITD is in the process of updating its manuals and reference documents and sees an opportunity to leverage the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) CSS technical assistance (TA) effort. The intended outcome will be to refine existing practices to better support flexibility in design, promote implementation of sustainable transportation policies, and effectively utilize CSS in developing data-driven practical solutions to project programming. With the amount of turnover experienced and anticipated due to an aging workforce, in addition to the realignment in ITD’s program delivery structure, many current design staff have little to no training on CSS principles and protocols.
