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i <br />Y <br />rv- <br />I: <br />'is-' <br />II <br />i;' <br />% <br />I <br />h <br />-f ■ <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />JUNE, 1980 <br />Service Area <br />be essentially <br />for airports, <br />principal need <br />neighborhoods <br />away from the <br />THF TRANSPORTATION PLM <br />Orono's location on the perimeter of the Metropolitan Urban <br />has pretty well dictated that our Transportation plan will <br />a plan for streets and roads. Orono has no planning needs <br />and has little planning requirement for mass transit. The <br />is a plan to provide for local movement between residential <br />and commercial centers, and for efficient commuter movement <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 artarials tc lirect traffic away from Lake Minnetonka. <br />2. DEVELOPING THE SCENIC PARKWAY CONCEPT including ‘^^fi^nation 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. PBOHOTIHO KEASONABLE LEVELS OF rUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE FOR ORONO-S <br />URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS including maintenance of the existing MTC bu <br />routes and investigation of alternative public transit modes for <br />commuter travel to the center of the Twin cities region. <br />npoMO^s ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM <br />A commonly eccepted way to describe and analyze a transportation system <br />is through a classification system which follows <br />■arvices and different levels of construction standards. This Plan <br />the claaaificetion system developed and adopted by the Minnesota Oepartmen <br />Of Traneportetion as applied to the types of roadways serving Orono. <br />HAP NO. 14 INDICATES THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR STREETS AND ROADS IN <br />ORONO. This plan is consistent with the ^ * -f <br />Md facilities of the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation and the Hennepin County Department of . <br />This plan ia conaiatent with the roadway systems of adjoining <br />and with orono'8 urban and rural land use plans. The <br />provide detailed explanations of each of Orono's roadway class <br />|Vvm <br />CMP 7-14