Highway Functional Classification
Highway Functional Classification

Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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Declining revenue and increasing costs of highway construction and maintenance have had a severe impact on State and local transportation programs, forcing emphasis to be placed upon preservation of existing roads, improved traffic flow, and increased capacity on the established networks. As a result, highway officials are searching for more efficient and effective means of managing the highway program. Functional highway classification, which has been defined as the process of assigning streets and highways to classes or systems according to the service they perform, has proved to be a useful management tool in this rapidly changing statewide transportation planning and programming environment.

National Highway Functional Classification and Needs Study Manual (1970-1990).
National Highway Functional Classification and Needs Study Manual (1970-1990).

Author: United States. Bureau of Public Roads

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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This manual has been prepared to guide Bureau of Public Roads field offices, the States, and local governments in preparing estimates of needs on consistently defined functional systems using uniform procedures. The objective of the study is to provide reliable data upon which consideration of future highway financing and responsibility can be based.

A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design
A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design

Author:

Publisher: AASHTO

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1560512598

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Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) reflect the need to consider highway projects as more than just transportation facilities. Depending on how highway projects are integrated into the community, they can have far-reaching impacts beyond their traffic or transportation function. CSS is a comprehensive process that brings stakeholders together in a positive, proactive environment to develop projects that not only meet transportation needs, but also improve or enhance the community. Achieving a flexible, context-sensitive design solution requires designers to fully understand the reasons behind the processes, design values, and design procedures that are used. This AASHTO Guide shows highway designers how to think flexibly, how to recognize the many choices and options they have, and how to arrive at the best solution for the particular situation or context. It also strives to emphasize that flexible design does not necessarily entail a fundamentally new design process, but that it can be integrated into the existing transportation culture. This publication represents a major step toward institutionalizing CSS into state transportation departments and other agencies charged with transportation project development.