Potential use of multicriteria analysis in context sensitive solutions

Context Sensitive Solutions is a project development process aiming to provide a systematic and comprehensive approach to project development from inception and planning through operations and maintenance. Its goal is to achieve a project development process that provides an outcome harmonizing transportation requirements with community needs and values. Multi-criteria analysis can assist in the evaluation of the various competing needs and provide a systematic approach in evaluating options. This paper explores this potential and identifies required steps to be taken to allow for evaluating this concept.