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area. Commercial uses within the node would be required to develop at a minimum floor-area-ratio of 0.5; a level of intensity approximately twice that of typical suburban, ~:uto-oriented commercial development fbund throughout the city. Proposed design standards for the node will provide for development that is compatible with increased transit service to the area. The draft plan proposes extending transit service to and through the site. Transit service is proposed to extend west on Royal Avenue to Roosevelt Boulevard, then north on Roosevelt Boulevard to Barger Drive. 34~ Policy F-4 ~ra~s_12ortatior~ Element) "Require improvements that encourage transit, bicycles and pedestrians in new commercial, public, mixed-use, and multi-unit residential development." Amendments to the Bethel-Danebo Plan require that the Royal Avenue Specific Plan serve as the basis for development regulations and infrastructure improvements within the Royal Avenue Specific Plan area. The Royal Avenue Specific Plan fully accommodates trar~sit, bicycle and pedestrian travel. Transit service will be extended into the node as development occurs. Design standards for new buildings and streets will result in transit-oriented development. Higher density development is located adjacent to or in close proximity to the proposed transit route. Striped bicycle lanes will be provided on minor arterial and major collector streets in the area. An of~t-street bicycle path is proposed to extend for 1.5 miles along drainage corridors within the node. Bike route connections are provided to the proposed Fern Ridge Bike path, and to existing bike f:hcilities on Terry Street, Royal Avenue, and Roosevelt Boulevard, and to future bike facilities on Legacy Street. All streets within the development area will be constructed with setback sidewalks and are proposed to be constructed so as to slow traffic as it passes through the neighborhood, and to discourage the use of the local streets system for short-cuts by out-of-area traffic. The specific plan includes a map entitled Traffic Calming Elements on Major Streets that identifies locations of roundabouts, traffic circles, contim:~ous and intermittent on-street parking, landscaped medians, and raised speed tables that will discourage speeding on the major street system. The specific plan also contains standards for local streets that incorporate various traflfic calming devices such as narrower street cross- sections~ on-street parking, interrupted through-movements, and narrowed street entrances (curb extensions), to reduce speeding in residential areas and reduce the tendency for automobiles to cut through [he neighborhood by avoiding arterial and collector streets. Traf~lc calming measures will be employed in the design of new and reconstructed streets to reduce traffic speeds and increase pedestrian safety in the area. The street pattern for the Royal Node is highly intercomnected, a factor which stimulates the use of alternative modes of travel of all kinds. 35. Policy F-5 (Tranxportation Element) "Within three years of TransPlan adoption, apply the Exhibit D - 15