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AlreadyaCityprogram;mayhelpmitigateimpactsofdecisionstoupgrade <br />Advantages: <br />and/orconnectstreets;avoidstoagreatextentanypolicyanduniformityissues <br />associatedwithvaryingstandardsforindividualneighborhoods;trafficcalming <br />improvements-besidesthesafetybenefitsÐcanbeusedtohelpconnect <br />neighborhoodsacrossbusystreets <br />Suchimprovementscanberelativelyexpensive;someviewsuchimprovements <br />Challenges: <br />asannoyingtodangeroustosimplytoocostlyrelativetothebenefit <br />Inadditiontoapplyingsomeoralloftheideas <br />OptionNo.6:ArterialandCollectorUpgrades- <br />above,theCitymightconsiderdeferringcompleteurbanstreetupgradestohighertrafficvolume <br />thresholdsthanpresentlyapplied. <br />(Note:thetermÒthresholdÓisusedgenerically.TheCitydoes <br />nothaveastreetupgradepolicytriggeredbymeasuredlevelsofservice) <br />Preservesexistingstreetscapes;defershighcostsassociatedwitharterialor <br />Advantages: <br />collectorupgrades <br />Safety,maintenanceandtrafficvolumeissuesforstreetsfunctioningasarterials <br />Challenges: <br />orcollectorswithoutthephysicalcapacitytodosoproperly;highervolume <br />thresholdsmaybereachedatajuncturewherefinancingorprioritiesforsuch <br />improvementsarelow;asarterialsandcollectorsservelargerÒconstituenciesÓ <br />thanjusttheneighborhoodstheypassthrough,notallusersmaybesympathetic <br />toÒheritageÓconsiderations <br />WhatAnotherCommunityHasDone <br />isitsownbestexampleforsomeofoptionsoutlinedabove.TheCityalreadyhasa <br />TheCityofEugene <br />trafficcalmingprogramunderway.TheCityhasalsobeenexaminingÒContextSensitiveDesignÓ <br />StandardsforatleastoneEugeneneighborhood(CrestDrive).Theideaspresentedabovearesimply <br />somepotentialelementsofaÒcontextsensitiveÓreconsiderationofthestreetstandardsappliedtothe <br />SantaClaraandRiverRoadcommunities. <br />hasalongstandingstreettreepreservationpolicythathasbeenappliedto <br />TheCityofWilsonville,Oregon <br />alllevelsofstreetclassifications.Connectivitycanbedeferred,sidewalkseliminated,building-to-curb <br />setbacksreduced,streetsectionsshiftedwithintheright-of-way,andevenrights-of-wayreducedorre- <br />routed.Thethresholdinthedeclineinlevelofservicethatwarrantsstreetupgradesarealsosethigherin <br />Wilsonvillethaninsomeothercommunities.Thispolicyisalsoappliedtopreservewetlandsandother <br />sensitivelandsinWilsonvillethatareimpactedbystreetextensionsorupgrades.TheCityofWilsonville <br />alsowaivesselectedstreetstandardsinolderneighborhoodsinfavorofpreservationofthehistoric <br />characterofsuchareas.ThesepolicieshavebeenappliedtoallstreetclassificationsÐarterials, <br />collectorsandlocalstreets <br />RiverRoad/SantaClaraCommunityTransitionProject38 <br />TransitionandHeritageWhitePaperMay2006 <br /> <br />
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