How does CIA enhance NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act), Section 106 (National Historic Preservation Act), Section 4(f), Context Sensitive Solutions, and other studies/reviews?
CIA identifies community issues, needs, and possible solutions early in the transportation planning process. It helps strengthen the public-involvement process by assuring that interested and affected parties, even relatively inaccessible (different language, culture, etc.) or hostile communities, are aware of a planned or ongoing study, and are provided information and opportunities for input. The CIA process can serve as an important part of analytic and assessment studies. With its emphasis on and concern about community effects, CIA provides an opportunity to better understand local trends and potential consequences for communities. The recognition and analysis of several topics helps integrate diverse disciplines and offers insight into environmental, historic preservation, and design studies. All of this supports NEPA, Section 106, Section 4(f), and CSS. In short, CIA is the human part of context sensitive solutions.
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