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<br />City of Ramsey <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />Transportation Element <br /> <br />3.2 TRANSPORTATION GOALS <br /> <br />In general this element of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment demonstrates how the City of <br />Ramsey will provide for an integrated transportation system that will adequately serve the <br />needs of its residents, promote economic development, and provide support to that portion of <br />the metropolitan transportation system that lies within its boundaries. To realize these ends <br />the transportation element addresses the following questions: <br /> <br />1. What should be the pattern and functional hierarchy of streets and the location and <br />design of access points to the metropolitan highway system to: <br />ensure that adequate right-of-way will be provided and standards will be in <br />place for the design of roads consistent with new development, <br />support existing and proposed full development, <br />provide a minor arterial and collector system that will serve both short trips <br />and travel to adjacent communities, and <br />complement and support the metropolitan highway system? <br /> <br />2. What is the density and distribution of land use at full development and how is this <br />related to: <br />the local transportation system and <br />the metropolitan transportation system? <br /> <br />3. What transit services and travel demand management strategies are appropriate for <br />implementation in Ramsey in order to: <br />increase the number and proportion of people who use transit or share rides <br />and <br />reduce the peak level of demand on the entire transportation system? <br /> <br />4. What should be the pattern and functional classification of trails and how should they <br />be related to: <br />commuter (work, school, and shopping) travel and demand management, <br />recreational use and access to parks and open spaces, <br />provision of right-of-way consistent with the development approval process, <br />and <br />the City's capital improvement program to provide adequate funding for all <br />proposed projects? . <br /> <br />To address these questions, transportation goals were developed to guide the analysis of <br />issues, generate and refine alternatives, and identify appropriate evaluation criteria. The <br />goals are broad and general statements that are derived from the Planning Commission's and <br /> <br />Page 3-4 <br />