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2. Existing Roadway System <br />The sections below provide information about the existing roadway system in Ramsey, <br />including existing number of lanes, existing roadway jurisdiction, existing functional <br />classification, existing traffic, existing safety, and access management. This chapter also includes <br />summary recommendations from recent plans and corridor studies. <br />2.1. Functional Classification <br />The functional classification system groups roadways into classes based on roadway function <br />and purpose. Functional classification is based on both transportation and land use <br />characteristics, including roadway speeds, access to adjacent land, connection to important land <br />uses, and the length of trips taken on the roadway. <br />The functional classification system organizes a <br />roadway and street network that distributes traffic from <br />local neighborhood streets to collector roadways, then <br />to minor arterials and ultimately the principal arterial <br />system. Roads are placed into categories based on the <br />degree to which they provide access to adjacent land <br />and mobility for through traffic. Functional classification <br />gives an indication of the relative hierarchy of roadways <br />in the transportation network. <br />lOQuW :e6ow <br />Four classes of roadways are included in the seven -county metropolitan area functional <br />classification system: principal arterials, minor arterials, collector streets, and local streets. <br />Figure 1 shows the existing functional classification of each road in the City of Ramsey and <br />Figure 2 shows the existing roadway jurisdiction. The following sections describe each <br />functional class in greater detail and indicate which roadways fall into each classification. <br />Chapter X- Transportation (DRAFT) Page X-5 <br />Adopted XXXXXXX XX, 2017 <br />