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ATTACHMENT C SECTION H. PLANNING PRINCIPLES FOR LAYOUT & DESIGN OF LOCAL STREETS Currently, the complete network of local streets is planned incrementally through the review and approval of individual subdivisions or planned unit developments. City staff must make decisions on the location and design of future streets with each request for approval of a new subdivision or planned unit development. Typically, these decisions must be made without a comprehensive understanding of how those streets will connect with other future streets or how they should connect with the existing street system. This approach leaves city staff, developers and local residents unsure about how the completed local street system in any given area will work. The following planning principles were used in the development of the Eugene Local Street Plan and are the foundation for recommended code and standards changes. The principles are also intended to guide City of Eugene staff in making street planning decisions when reviewing development proposals. Discussion of these principles and recommendations for their implementation are included in Sections HI through VI of this report. The order in which the planning principles are listed are not intended to imply an order of importance. 1. Local streets help determine the form and character of neighborhoods; street design should be considered a part of neighborhood design. 2. Local streets should be designed to carry low traffic volumes at low speeds and to function safely while minimizing the need for extensive traffic regulations, control devices, and enforcement. A successful design will result in traffic calming and reduce the need for future installation of traffic calming measures. 3. The function of the local street should be readily apparent to the user through its appearance and design in order to reduce non-local through traffic on local residential streets. 4. Local streets should be interconnected to reduce travel distance, promote the use of alternative modes, provide for efficient provision of utilities and emergency services, and provide for more even dispersal of traffic. 5. The layout of a local street system should not create excessive travel lengths. 6. The local street circulation pattern should provide connections to and from activity centers such as schools, commercial areas, parks, employment centers, and other major attractors. 7. Local circulation systems and land development patterns should not detract from the efficiency of adjacent collector or arterial streets which are designed to accommodate heavy traffic. ~'UG£N£ LOCAL STRE~ET PLAN 5