The following projects illustrate the application of one or more practical design principles (however many were developed before our current focus on practical design).

Design

• Chelan, SR 150 No-See-Um Road intersection improvements (pdf 104 kb)
• Lakewood, I-5 auxiliary lane (pdf 103 kb)
• Leavenworth, US 2 Tumwater Canyon (pdf 128 kb)
• Mattawa, SR 243 intersection improvements (pdf 94 kb)
• Rochester, US 12 safety improvements (pdf 106 kb)
• Snohomish, US 2 Bickford Avenue interchange (pdf 132 kb)
• Spokane, US 395 North Spokane Corridor (pdf 98 kb)
• Wenatchee, US 97A paving (pdf 98 kb)
• Wenatchee, SR 285, George Sellar Bridge (pdf 116 kb)
• Yakima, I-82 Valley Mall Boulevard (pdf 126 kb)

Operations

• Olympia, LED adaptive lighting and illumination reform (pdf 99 kb)

Programming/scoping

• Statewide Highway Safety Program (pdf 96 kb)

Practical Solutions materials

The following documents provide even more depth and context about Practical Solutions.

• Practical Highway Design Solutions (pdf 7 mb) -NCHRP Synthesis 2013
• WSDOT endorses NACTO's Urban Street Design Guidelines
• Performance and Accountability through Reforms (pdf 82 kb)
• Understanding Flexibility in Transportation Design — Washington
• Hearing on Using Practical Design and Context-Sensitive Solutions in Developing Surface Transportation Projects , June 2010, U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.