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City of Ramsey <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />Transportation Element <br /> <br />3.6 RECOM~NDED ROAD AND TRAm DESIGN GUIDELINES AND <br /> STAN S . <br /> <br />Design guidelinesiand standards for roads and trails have been established at the national and <br />state levels. Man~, of the recognized design criteria have already been applied in the City of <br />Ramsey. Policy ~l, tatements on specific road and trail design criteria are presented below to: <br /> <br />· Emphasiz~ the importance of road design criteria to the safe operations of traffic, <br /> pedestrian~, bicycles, and other transportation modes. <br /> <br />· Reinforce ~he importance and relevance of road and trail design criteria to the <br /> realization lof goals and objectives developed by the City. <br /> <br />· Ensure thai appropriate road and trail design cri'teria will be applied when new <br /> facilities a~e being planned and constructed. <br /> <br />· Ensure thai when it is feasible, appropriate design criteria will be applied when <br /> existing rot~ds and trails are reconstructed. <br /> <br />Road Cross-Secti~n Design Policies <br /> <br />· Two-Lane ~Jrban Street (Type A): <br /> - 60-foot right-of-way <br /> <br />32-~oot curb-to-curb (measured from back edge of curbs) <br />Tw~b, 5-foot wide sidewalks <br />Tw9, 9 1/2-foot wide boulevards for tree planting 4-.5~o <br />Parking allowed <br /> I . <br />Low density, urban residential areas <br />See~,:Figure 3-8 <br /> <br />Two-Lane Urban Street (Type B): <br />- 60-~oot right-of-way <br />- 364oot curb-to-curb <br />- Twd~, 5-foot wide sidewalks <br />- Tw~, 7-foot wide boulevards for tree planting <br />- Partiing allowed <br /> <br />Page 3-37 <br /> <br /> <br />