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TABLE A 2
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<br /> FUNCTIONAL CLASSIPIC~TIO1V'SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS FOR ROADWAYS
<br />
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<br /> I~ln~lpal Iflt~medlat® Minor
<br /> Art~i~l Arterl~l A~t~i.l Collector Local
<br />
<br />Spacing 1-3'miles depending 0.5-2.0 0.25ol .0 I block
<br /> on spacing of princt. · miles, miles.
<br />
<br />Location
<br />
<br />Land Access None.
<br />Urban
<br />Rural None.
<br />
<br />Intersection
<br />Characteristics ._
<br />
<br />Parking
<br />
<br />Large trucks
<br />
<br />Management tools
<br />
<br />System Mileage
<br />
<br />Per cent of Travel
<br />(VMT)
<br />
<br />3-6 mile~ depending
<br />on trip density, transit,
<br />minor arterial seacing,
<br />& location of existing '
<br />facilities.
<br />
<br /> pal arteriaJs and minor
<br /> arterials, tran~iL trip
<br /> density, and location
<br /> of e~sting fa~ilitiee,
<br />In natural community In ~_eb-.,'ai community On edges of
<br />separations defining sepamttorm defining development
<br />develooment and not develogmentm and not and neighbor-
<br />separating it. separating iL hoods.
<br />
<br /> Major tra~flc
<br /> generators.
<br /> Freestanding G~owtll
<br /> Centers and Rural
<br /> Town Centers.
<br />
<br />Umited direct ~
<br />land access.
<br />Commercial,
<br />industrlaJ, and high-
<br />density residential
<br />uses. No access to
<br />single family use.
<br />
<br />- Ramp metering, Ramp metering, traffic
<br />traffic signal timing, signal timing, staging
<br />no land ~ccesa. of reconstruction, land
<br /> pmferentlsi treatment access ~oacing. .
<br /> for I~ansit,
<br /> interchange spacing.
<br /> Suggested federal upper lim~ for i~i~cipal
<br /> arterials and intermediate arterials combined: i
<br /> U~an 10 ~ cent
<br /> Rural 4 ~ cent
<br />
<br />Grade separated Grade separated or Traffic sig~
<br />(urban) or I~igh high-capacity con- nals and
<br />capacity controitad trolled at-grade cross sa'eet
<br />at grade inter- intersecttons, stops.
<br />se~lons (mrS).
<br />None. None. Restricted
<br /> ss necessary.
<br />No restriction.. No restriction. Restricted ss
<br /> necessery.
<br /> Traffic signal
<br /> timing, land access
<br /> spacing, preferential
<br /> treatment for transit.
<br />
<br />Suggested federal limitations for principal
<br />arterials and intermediate arterials combined:
<br /> 40-65 per cent
<br />
<br />100'-300'
<br />Preferentia~ treatment
<br />where needed;
<br />bus stops sep~ated
<br />from through traffic
<br />lanes. '
<br />
<br />Vehlclescarried Urban 20,000-100,000
<br /> Rural 5,000-50,000
<br />Posted Urban 45-55
<br />speed limit Rural Legal limit
<br />Right-of-way 300'
<br />Transit Priority ~o high
<br />Accommodations occupancy vehicles
<br /> and transit in peak
<br /> periods.
<br />
<br />On edges or
<br />within
<br />neighborhoods.
<br />
<br /> Some limitation o~
<br /> direct land access.
<br /> Access to
<br /> agricultural
<br /> uses with
<br /> limits on
<br /> Iow-density
<br /> residential.
<br /> 4-way stops
<br /> and some
<br /> traffic sig-
<br /> nals. Loop
<br /> street stops.
<br /> Restricted
<br />
<br /> Restricted ss
<br /> necessary
<br />. Continuity, number of
<br /> lanes, traffic signal
<br /> timing, land access.
<br />
<br />Suggested federal Suggested federal
<br />'limitations for limitations: Urban
<br />principal arterials, 5-10%, Rural 20-35%
<br />intermediate arterials,
<br />and minor arterials
<br />combined: Urban
<br />15-25%, Rural 6-12%
<br />Suggested federal . Suggested limitations:
<br />limitations for- 5-10%
<br />principal arterials, _
<br />intermediate arterials,
<br />and minor arterials
<br />combined: 65-80%
<br />5,000-30,000 .1,000-15,000
<br />1,000-10.000 250-2,500
<br />35-45 30-40
<br />Legal limit 35*45
<br /> 66'-150' 66'-100' ,
<br /> Preferential treatment Pavement, in-
<br /> where peeded in tersections.
<br /> activib/canters; :and bus stops
<br /> bus pullouts where designed for
<br /> required based use by regular
<br /> on percentage transit buses.
<br /> and tr=~ffio volumes.
<br />
<br />Within neigh-
<br />borhooda and
<br />othor homo-
<br />genous land
<br />use areas.
<br />Direct
<br />access.
<br />Direct land
<br />access.
<br />
<br />As required.
<br />
<br />Unrestricted.
<br />
<br />Permitted'as
<br />necessary.
<br />Stop signs,
<br />cul-de-sacs,
<br />diverters,
<br />
<br />Suggested federal
<br />limitations: Urban
<br />65.80%, Rural 63-75%
<br />
<br />Suggested federal
<br />limitations: 10-30%
<br />
<br />1,000
<br />1,000
<br />Max/mum 30
<br />Maximum 30
<br />50'-80'
<br />Normally used
<br />as regional bus routes
<br />only in non-
<br />resident/al areas;
<br />used as required for
<br />specialized transit
<br />service with smaller
<br />vehicles in
<br />residential areas.
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