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• Interstate Freeway Major Arterial Miner Arterial Colleeter Local Accessibility locus Connects all urban Connects two or more Connects adtaant Connects neighborhoods Connects blocks within subregions with one subregions:provides suoregrons and within and between neighborhoods and another;connects secondary convections activity banters subregions. specific activities within urban and rural service outstate;complement! within subregions. homogeneous land-use areas with metro primary arterials in areas. centers:connection high-volume corridors. to outstate cities. Level of mobility Provides high level of Provides high level of Provides mobility Provides mobility Provides mobility within mobility within urban mobility within and within and between between neighborhoods neighborhoods and other'- and rural service areas between subregions. two subregions. and other land uses. homogeneous land-us. and to major outstate areas. Cities. System accost To other in To interstate freeways, To interstate freeways. To minor activists.other To collectors.other local freeways,major arterials, other major arterials, major ar tercets,otter collectors.local streets, streets,land access. and selected minor minor arterials and high- minor arterials,and land access. . arterials:no direct land volume collectors:no collectors,restricted access. direct land access except direct land access. major traffic generators. • Trip-making service Long trips at high speed Medium-distance to long Medium to short trips at Primarily serves collector Almost exclusively performed within and through the trips at high to moderate moderate to low speeds: and distribution function collection and distribu- Metro Area.Express speed within the urban local transit trips. for the arterial system at tian:shat trips at low transit trips. area.Express transit trips. low speeds;local transit speeds. trips. Spacing 3-6 miles depending on 1.3 miles depending on 05.2.0 miles. 0.25.1.0 miles. 1 block. trip density,transit. spacing of principal minor arterial spacing, arterials and minor arterials. and location of existing transit,trip density,and facilities. location of existing facilities. Location In natural community In natural community On edges of development On edges or within Within neighborhoods separations defining separations defining and neighborhoods. neighborhoods. and other homogeneous development and not development and not land use areas. separating it. separating it. Land access—urban None. Major traffic generators. Limited direct land access. Some limitation on direct Direct access. land access. Land access—rural None. Freestanding Growth Commercial.industrial, Access to agricultural uses Direct land access. Canters and Rural Town and high-density residential with limits on low-density Canters. uses.No access to single- residential. family use. Intersection Grade separated. Grade separated or high- Traffic signals and cross 4-way stops and some As required. characteristics capacity controlled at-grade street stops. traffic signals.Local intersections. street stops. Parking None. None. Restricted as necessary. Restricted as necessary. Unrestricted. Large trucks No restriction. No restriction. Restricted as necessary. Restricted as necessary. Permitted as necessary. Management tools Ramp metering,traffic Ramp metering,traffic Traffic signal timing,land Continuity,number of Stop signs,cul-de-sacs. signal timing,no land signal timing,staging of access spacing.preferential lanes,traffic signal timing. diverters. access,preferential reconstruction,land access treatment for transit. land access. treatment for transit, spacing. interchange spacing. System mileage Suggested federal upper limits for interstate freeways Suggested federal Suggested federal Suggested Ieueral and major arterials combined: limitations for interstate limitations:Urban 5-10%. limitations:Urban 65- Urban 10 percent freeways,major arsenals Rural 20.35%. 80%.Rural 63-75%. Rural 4 percent and mute al tercels combined:Urban 15.25`. Rural 6.12' Percent of travel(VMTI Suggested federal limitations for interstate freeways and Suggested federal Suggested limitations: Suggested federal major arterials combined:40-65 percent. limitations for interstate 5.10%. limitations:10.30%. freeways,major arterials and minor arterials COm. tuned:65-80%. Vehicles carried Urban 20,000.100.000 10,00050,000 5,000-30.000 1.000.15.000 1,000 Rural 5.000-50.000 2,500.25.000 1.000.10.000 250.2,500 1.000 Posted speed limit Urban 4535 4030 3545 30-40 Maximum 30 Rural Legal limit Legal limit Legal limit 35-45 Maximum 30 Right-of-way 300' 100'-300' 66'450' 66'-100' 50'40' . Transit Priority to high-occupancy Preferential treatment Preferential treatment Pavement,intersections, Normally used as regional accommodations vehicles and transit in where needed:bus stops where needed in activity and bus stops designed for bus routes only in non- peak periods. separated from through centers;bus pullouts where use by regular transit buses. residential areas;used as traffic lanes. required based on percent- required for specialized age and traffic volumes. transit service with • smaller vehicles in • residential areas. M St COMPREFINSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN r TABLE 4 City of • FUNCTIONAL CLASSIRCATION Elk fiver CONSULTING ENGINEERS CHARACTERISTICS FOR ROADWAYS ER156-1