2. Provide Transportation Choices for All Citizens

In the 21st century, transportation planning is not limited to roadways for private motor vehicles. Citizens need to be able to choose between driving, walking, biking and mass transit. We also need to be able to reduce the length of trips by locating basic shopping and services in or near neighborhoods.

Principles and Concepts:

• Transportation corridors and centers should efficiently handle the movement of goods and people.
• Transportation improvements should support a regional growth management plan for the region.
• A balance between access and mobility will be achieved by locating high intensity uses at major intersections and limiting curb cuts and commercial strips.
• Highways should be designed to complement adjacent neighborhoods and minimize impacts to the environment.
• Mixed use development should be located along major transit corridors.
• Neighborhoods should be pedestrian-oriented, not auto-dependent. Traffic calming measures will discourage excessive speed and heavy traffic volumes.
• More interconnecting streets and fewer cul-de-sacs will minimize travel and reduce air pollution by permitting more trips to be made by foot and on bike.
• Transportation improvements should include landscaping, transit amenities, bike and pedestrian facilities.
• Transportation and land use planning should promote business expansion, community development and environmental protection.

Older arterial streets, like Magnolia Avenue, should be revitalized. A mix of apartments, offices and ground level shops enhances the corridor.

Various forms of transit are supported by higher intensity uses, like apartments.

Greenway trails should be created along the beautiful corridors of the region.

Neighborhoods should have sidewalks or walking trails.

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