Tuesday, April 30, 2002
8:00-10:15 am	Opening Session Opening and Moderator: Don Nelson, P.E., Director, WSDOT Environmental and Engineering Programs Welcoming Comments Dan Mathis, FHWA Division Administrator Paula Hammond, WSDOT Chief of Staff What is Context-Sensitive Design? Seppo Sillan, FHWA European Scan Tour Overview John Okamoto, Washington State DOT Nick Stamatiadis, University of Kentucky Reference: International Scanning Tour on Highway Geometric Design Practices for European Roads Context-Sensitive Design in Rural Settings Ron Burnett, FHWA - Western Federal Lands Highway Division
10:15-10:30 am	Break
10:30 am-Noon	Track 1 Urban/Suburban Paving the Way for Context Sensitive Design Application Moderator: King Cushman, Puget Sound Regional Council Paving the Way for Context-Sensitive Design: The Need for a Regional Vision Mary McCumber, Executive Director, Puget Sound Regional Council The Livable Region Strategic Plan - A Regional Partnership Hugh Kellas, Administrator, Regional Development, Greater Vancouver Regional District Linking Land Use and Transportation Through Design Tom Kloster, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager, Portland Metro Description: What do we need to get started? How do we change our policies and encourage new approaches to development of transportation solutions?
	Track 2 Small Towns Design Elements of Style Moderator: Denny Ingham, H.W. Lochner TBA Union Street Crossing Project, When is a bridge not a bridge? Jay McRae, Project Manager, CH2M Hill for the City of The Dalles, Oregon Taming the Highway through Town Laurence Qamar, Director of Urban Design, Lennertz Coyle & Associates, Architects and Town Planners Description: What new or re-used tools are there for designing a downtown street with thru capacity? What and how can signage, lighting, some on-street parking, lane widths and striping sidewalk features, etc. allow a state route to function as a downtown retail street? What design tools and roadway design elements do we have for improving the state routes through small downtowns? Can on-street parking be part of the solution?
	Track 3 Rural and Scenic Corridors Route Development Moderator: Mark Maurer, WSDOT Shaker Town, Kentucky Jim Sipes, Jones and Jones Sea-to-Sky Corridor, Vancouver Peter Milburn, Project Director, Sea-to-Sky Corridor, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation Paris Pike - Kentucky: Implementing Context-Sensitive Design Solutions Bart Bryant, Project Construction Engineer, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Description: When does planning for CSD start? Or, how do we make our projects fit in?
	Track 4 Special Issues Maintenance and Operations Issues of Context Sensitive Design Moderator: David Forte, WSDOT Implementing the SR 14 Gorge Management Plan Jilayne Jordan, Public Information Officer, WSDOT Southwest Region Communications Office Drainage, ESA and Vegetation Considerations for CSD John Schnaderbeck, Road Operations Environmental Programs, Pierce County John Cutter P.E., Road Operations Engineer, Pierce County Naturalized Landscaping in a Not So Natural Setting Al Planiden, BC Ministry of Transportation Description: Are you designing CSD that will make maintenance and operations an expensive nightmare? This session will look at what maintenance operations want you to know about CSD features.
Noon-1:15 pm	Luncheon Moderator: Grace Crunican, Director of Seattle Transportation Lunch Speaker: Charles Royer, National Program Director, Urban Health Initiative
1:30-3:00 pm	Track 1 Urban/Suburban Establishing Design Guidelines for Context Sensitive Design Moderator: Nancy Boyd, WSDOT The Benefits of Urban Design to Corridor Improvement Projects John Owen, Partner, MAKERS Architecture and Urban Design Context-Sensitive Design Criteria: Bending the Rules? Keith J. Harrison, Safety/Geometric Design Engineer, Federal Highway Administration - Western Resource Center Establishing Design Guidelines for Context-Sensitive Design: The Washington State Experience John C. Milton, P.E., Assistant State Design Engineer, WSDOT Description: Context-Sensitive Design considers a variety of community needs in the project development process. One of the challenges can be optimizing aesthetic and other community needs within established design guidelines. This session will highlight experiences from the local, consultant, and state policy perspectives.
	Track 2 Small Towns Evolution of a Mainstreet Moderator: Mike Horton, Olympic Region Local Programs Engineer, WSDOT How a Main Street's Self-understanding and Esteem Play a Major Role in its Design Evolution Vicki Dugger, Oregon Downtown Development Association Main Street: From Footpath to Highway Karen Swirsky, AICP, David Evans & Associates, Inc. When the Highway Runs Though It William R. "Mitch" Mitchum, P.E., Public Works Director, City of Astoria, Oregon Description: As traffic increases parking opportunities decrease, and as curb-cuts for side and front parking areas evolve, the center turn lane emerges. At each step the auto and pedestrian conflicts increase. What are the tools and actions that can be taken? What other design elements are there?
	Track 3 Rural and Scenic Corridors Blending the Highway With Its Surrounding Moderator: Sally Anderson, WSDOT 2+1 Roads and Wide Single Carriageways Nigel Edwards, Highways Agency - United Kingdom Aesthetic Alternatives for Selected Roadside Elements Along Scenic Byways William J. Kelley, Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, Eastern Washington University Wildlife Crossing Structures in Europe Mary Gray, Environmental Program Specialist, Federal Highway Administration Description: What design solutions are out there? How are they working?
	Track 4 Special Issues Roundabouts Moderator: Jim Seitz, Assn. of Washington Cities Roundabouts: Lessons learned... so far Brian Ray, P.E., Kittelson & Associates, Inc. Roundabouts, A Good Thing? Dennis Ritter, Public Works Director, City of Lacey, Washington The Learning Curve: Washington State's Roundabout Experience Brian Walsh, Local Traffic Services Engineer, Cities and Counties, WSDOT Description: What do you really know about roundabouts? This session will look at the theoretical approaches of when and how to utilize roundabouts as a transportation solution and examples of how the City of Lacey, Washington is utilizing roundabouts.
3:00-3:30 pm	Break
3:30-5:00 pm	Track 1 Urban/Suburban Context Sensitive Design and Traffic Management Moderator: Roger Mason, CH2M Hill Balancing the Environment and Traffic Management John Willis, Project Manager, CH2M Hill Bellevue's Approach to Neighborhood Traffic Calming Karen Gonzalez, Neighborhood Programs Manager, City of Bellevue Transportation Department and Joe Giacobazzi, KPG. Boise Curtis Road Extension Doug Camenisch, P.E., Project Manager for the Transportation Business Group, CH2M Hill and Gordon Smith, Director of Civil Engineering, Boise, W&H Pacific Description: How much vehicle capacity should we provide? How do we balance traffic speeds with other community values?
	Track 2 Small Towns Design: By-pass vs. Pass Through Moderator: Randy Witt, Director of Public Works, City of Bainbridge Island Prosperity Through Mobility Brent Rasmussen, P.E., H.W. Lochner A Tale of Two Cities: Choosing between a Couplet or a Bypass in Redmond and Sisters, Oregon Peter Russell, Oregon DOT By-Pass Vs. Pass-Through: Canadian and British Case Studies Mike Baker, P.Eng., Highway Design Manager, Earth Tech Canada Inc. Description: Who has priority -- the retail needs of a downtown or the regional thru access? Can towns define truck routes and save the original core area? The delicate dance between local and regional (seasonal) traffic requires roadway design to find ways to reduce peak congestion. What are the signs and physical impacts for deciding when and how to implement a by-pass or to re-design and re-tool the existing downtown thru route?
	Track 3 Rural and Scenic Corridors Context Sensitive Design and Lewis and Clark Moderator: Mark Maurer, WSDOT Context Appropriate Alternatives & Solutions for The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial in Washington Judy Lorenzo, Manager Heritage Corridors Program, WSDOT Funding Special Design Components Victoria Scalise, Director, Idaho Region II Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, Clearwater Economic Development Association US 101 Realignment at Station Camp William L. Pierce, Southwest Region Local Programs Engineer, WSDOT Description: How is the bicentennial observance of the Corps of Discovery expedition affecting highway design along the 11 state route?
	Track 4 Special Issues Bridges and Structures Moderator: Stan Moon, CH2M Hill Oregon DOT's Efforts in Context-Sensitive Bridge Replacement and Restoration along the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway Lea Ann Hart-Chambers, Oregon DOT Thinking Beyond the Pavement: Bridges and Walls Phil Logsdon, Environmental Coordinator, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Context-Sensitive Design of Local Agency Bridges in Washington Greg Kolle, P.E., Bridge Engineer for Local Agencies, Highways and Local Programs Division, WSDOT Description: Bridges provide unique opportunities for CSD. This session will focus on efforts to incorporate CSD in bridge preservation and replacement programs. Oregon DOT's coastal historic bridge preservation process will be presented with case studies on the Alsea Bay bridge and Cook's Chasm bridge. Kentucky DOT will present their use of CSD in designing walls and bridges, reconstructing historic walls, and attempting to reuse a historic bridge.
5:30-7:30 pm	new information! Optional Reception Ride the monorail to the Seattle Center and enjoy appetizers and beverages in the Liquid Lounge in the Experience Music Project.
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
8:00-10:00 am	Track 1 Urban/Suburban Context Sensitive Design Application in Planning and Design Moderator: Tim Bevan, CH2M Hill I-5/Beltline Interchange - Bringing Focus to a Fractured Process Jay McRae, Project Manager, CH2M Hill for Oregon Department of Transportation MAX Light Rail Integration into the community: Westside to Interstate MAX Bob Hastings, Project Architect, Tri-Met (Portland, Oregon) Striving for Great Street in Greater Vancouver BC (98 B-Line Project) Brian Guzzi, Landscape Architect, City of Richmond, BC Context-Sensitive Design and the Translake Washington Project David Dye, Urban Corridors Office Administrator, WSDOT Description: How can we improve mobility while enhancing the liveability of our urban areas? What changes in our approach are required?
	Track 2 Small Towns Volume vs. Vitality, Economics of Mainstreet Moderator: Julie Mercer Matlick, WSDOT Balancing traffic volumes for high qualitydowntown environment Eric Schmidt, Cascade Design, Seattle Small Town Historical Corridor Gary Armstrong, City Administrator, City of Snoqualmie Mary Bosch, Principal, Marketek, Portland Steve Sugg, P.E., Public Works Director, City of University Place Description: The economics and design of a healthy downtown main street requires sufficient volumes (LOS) at speeds that allow visual clues for shopping from the auto. How can we balance economics with engineering? What level of traffic volume will provide what types of retailing responses? How do we design traffic needs and pedestrian spaces in response to vitality, signage, visibility and safety needs?
	Track 3 Rural and Scenic Corridors Using Context Sensitive Design on an Interstate Highway Moderator: Sandra Salisbury, WSDOT Keeping the Scenery on an Urban Interstate Highway... The Greenway Story Nancy Keith, Executive Director, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust The Mountain to Sound Greenway Implementation Plan - A Framework for Context-Sensitive Solutions Sally Anderson, Manager, Landscape Architecture & Roadside Management Office, Northwest Region, Washington State DOT Using the Master Plan to Develop Design Guidelines: Two Case Studies 1) Case Study: I-90, East of Snoqualmie Pass Randy Giles, Project Engineer, WSDOT 2) I-90 Sunset Interchange: An Example of Context-Sensitive Solutions David L. Edwards, P.E., WSDOT Description: How does scenic highway designation affect design on an interstate highway? Learn how master plans can guide the design elements of a major interstate highway.
	Track 4 Special Issues Liability & Economics of Context Sensitive Design Moderator: Al King, P.E., WSDOT Michael E. Tardif, WA Office of the Attorney General Context-Sensitive Design -- The Path Forward Timothy R. Neuman, P.E., Vice President and Chief Highway Engineer, CH2M Hill Market Relationships to Context-Sensitive Design Ed Starkie, Principal, Edward Starkie Consulting Description: What are the actual and perceived legal liability and economic impacts of CSD on local jurisdictions and the state? This session will look at how liability and economic issues can be effectively addressed to promote incorporation of CSD elements in a project.
10:00-10:30 am	Break
10:30-Noon	Closing Session and Wrap-up: Taking the Next Step – Implementing Context-Sensitive Design Moderator: Don Nelson, P.E., Director, WSDOT Environmental and Engineering Programs Optimizing Competing Needs in Roadway Design Timothy R. Neuman, P.E., Vice President and Chief Highway Engineer, CH2M Hill Maryland's Experience with Implementing CSD Parker Williams, Maryland DOT Where Do We Go From Here? A National Perspective on Implementing Context-Sensitive Design John Horsley, AASHTO Executive Director Closing Remarks Don Nelson, Director, WSDOT Environmental and Engineering Programs
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