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TRANSPORTATION JUNE, 1980 <br />THF TRANSPORTATION PLAN <br />Orono's location on the perimeter of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area <br />has pretty well dictated that our Transportation Plan will be essentially <br />a plan for streets and roads. Orono has no planning needs for airports, <br />and has little planning requirement for mass transit. The principal need <br />is a plan to provide for local movement between residential neighborhoods <br />and commercial centers, and for efficient commuter movement away from the <br />congested, environmentally sensitive lakeshore. <br />The principle components of Orono's Transportation Plan are as follows: <br />1. DEVELOPING THE RING ROUTE CONCEPT including designation of collectors <br />and minor arterials to direct traffic away from Lake Minnetonka. <br />2. DEVELOPING THE SCENIC PARKWAY CONCEPT including designation of <br />parkways for slow-speed recreational access along the Lake Minnetonka <br />shoreline and other scenically attractive routes. <br />3. developing the private road concept for access to low density rural <br />residential properties. <br />4. PROMOTING REASONABLE LEVELS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE FOR ORONO'S <br />URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS including maintenance of the existing MTC bus <br />routes and investigation of alternative public transit modes for <br />commuter travel to the center of the Twin Cities region. <br />QRQNQ's roadway classification SYSTEM <br />A.-commonly accepted way to describe and analyze a transportation system <br />is through a classification system which Indicates different levels of <br />services and different levels of construction standards. This Plan follows <br />the classification system developed and adopted by the Minnesota Department <br />of Transportation as applied to the types of roadways serving Orono. <br />MAP NO. 14 INDICATES THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR bJREFTS AND ROADS IN <br />ORONO. This plan is consistent with the regional transportation plans <br />and facilities of the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation and the Hennepin County Department of Transportation. <br />This plan is consistent with the roadway systems of adjoining municipalities <br />and with Orono's urban and rural land use plans. The* following descriptions <br />provide detailed explanations of edch of Orono's roadway classifications. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />t <br />1 <br />■ <br />■ <br />9 <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />CMP 7-14