Sensitivity Training

12 December 2004 - 1:00pm

Transportation officials, citizens polishing new people-and-pavement policies

Michigan’s Department of Transportation is completing a new design policy meant to better reflect the desires of local communities. The policy, “context-sensitive design,” would change the practices of a powerful state agency long known for its rigid approach to building highways, bus and train facilities, bicycle routes, and sidewalks.

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Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, December 11, 2004
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