Our team partners with transportation agencies nationwide to turn research into practice, modernize design manuals, and implement context-sensitive solutions that improve safety and mobility for everyone. This collection highlights current efforts across design standards, speed management, manual development, and local engineering guidance, each with a clear path from evidence to implementation. Explore the projects below to see how communities and DOTs are advancing flexible design, aligning target speeds with context, and building consistent frameworks that shape real projects.
Featured Projects
City of Sarasota — Translating current research into local engineering guidance that shapes everyday decisions and real projects for all users.
TDOT Project Scoping Guide — Bringing national best practices into Tennessee’s planning and design decisions, with statewide training and updates to standard drawings.
Indiana DOT Context-Based Design Criteria — Supporting updates to the Indiana Design Manual with context-appropriate urban standards, speed management alignment, and an implementation plan.
Montana Department of Transportation Manuals — Developing a suite of 12 Traffic Engineering, Design, and Operations manuals following Phase I needs assessment and outlines.
NCHRP 17-111 — A comprehensive speed management research effort producing a decision-making framework, guide, and implementation plan to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety on arterials.
Florida Greenbook — Updating Florida’s statutory design manual through a formal rulemaking process to enable flexible, context-responsive street design.
Developing Training Materials to Develop Context Classification