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-300- 2008 Comprehensive Plan The City intends to take the following steps to strengthen its future travel demand management program: • Encourage businesses to offer flex hours to employees. • Encourage and promote the development of telecommunications. • Allow for the development of mixed -use development that is design with transit orientation. • Guide future land use along the railroad corridor to accommodate a Northstar commuter rail station and adjoining transit oriented development. • Promote alternatives to solo commuting, including trans iicycling, ridesharing, and car or van pooling. = J • Continue to work with MCTO and Anoka County Travel rav developing a transit system that serves Ramsey residents. =_ \ � _ • As the employment concentration in Ramsey groves, cdpr- stablishing a transportation management organizatio. IMO TMO's are public /private partnership established to deaith traortation concerns especially mitigation of peak traffic _'io • Continue to actively manage access< arteriarroadway system in order to preserve its mobility function. For years Cityas recognized the importance of access management. Witl effective accetilAtianagement, conflicts involving vehicles turning to and from Mial roadways are reduced. Such a reduction in conflicts enhances traffic flo_g the roadway and improves safety. The City's support for access mangemeMd demonstrated by its previous actions and continuing efforts to constru&fronege roads along TH 10 and reduce direct access to this highway. The City supports the =lowlpecific access management policies: 1. Study t feasibilil/of adopting access management ordinances in local zoning co. _ —1— duce. the number of access points to major public roadways by ,cons • ating multiple points of access into a single point of access where I # appropriate. e mphasize safety and mobility on collector and arterial roads by limiting _ - access on these roads and encouraging access on local streets whenever possible. 2.1. Adhere to Mn/DOT and Anoka County access management policies on state and county highways to the greatest extent possible. Regarding TH 10/169, and TH 47, and County Road 116 specifically, the community should be guided by the access management recommendations found in the respective corridor studies, subject to any updated reports the City may request. The recommendations found in these reports can be summarized as follows: • Phasing out all direct access from individual properties to TH 10/169 as frontage roads are completed. 2008 Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Page VI -17