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Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

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<strong>Plan</strong> Chapter: Transportation<br />

CONTExT SENSiTiVE SOLUTiONS<br />

Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) is a planning<br />

process by which transportation projects are<br />

designed to serve all users and meet the needs<br />

of the community and environment through<br />

which they pass. Traditionally streets have been<br />

designed to have the same layout throughout<br />

their length. CSS adapts the lanes, parking and<br />

sidewalks to meet the needs of the surrounding<br />

area, while accommodating the traffc flow.<br />

<strong>Tulsa</strong>’s new approach to streets will incorporate<br />

Context Sensitive Solutions. This increasinglypopular<br />

technique ensures that a continuous<br />

length of road provides adequate vehicle<br />

capacity while supporting surrounding land<br />

uses. Many of the world’s greatest streets and<br />

boulevards feature this type of design, and they<br />

have endured both as important corridors and<br />

places for people to live, work, and play.<br />

ONE SizE DOES NOT FiT ALL - Streets should respond to the land use around them.<br />

JULy 2010 - TULSA ViSioN | 31

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