Recommended Strategies The report concludes with alternative strategies for consideration by the County as it updates the corridor plan. The strategies are supplemented with examples from the review of best practices. • Establish a clear and integrated vision of the future thoroughfare system, with flexibility and supporting technical documentation. o Consider packaging the Corridor Plan as a concise visual document referenced in the comprehensive plan that conveys vision, modal and design elements (see for example, The Indianapolis-Marion County, Fort Worth, and City of Bastrop Thoroughfare Plans). It could also be an integral part of the mobility plan. o Advance more specific corridor management and network enhancement strategies through individual Community Plans and adopt these by reference in the Corridor Plan. o Identify implementing strategies and procedures. For example, Broward County has supporting documentation for the trafficways plan map that details the implementation process, including amendments and waivers. The City of Fort Worth has a “suite” of cross section types coded to different streets and corresponding ROW widths , while allowing for “interim cross sections” for certain situations in which constructing the full cross section dictated by the Master Thoroughfare Plan would be infeasible or cost prohibitive. • Classify all thoroughfares by function, area type or context, and modal accommodations. o Broward County has “Context Sensitive Corridors” depicted on their thoroughfare plan which are highlighted in green on the map and fall into one of three categories: Urban Core, Urban Main Street, or Urban Residential. These corridors are tied to Specific Plans that govern ROW. o The Fort Worth, Texas Thoroughfare Plan depicts “Street Types” by evaluating the streets’ respective land-use contexts and the various transportation modes needing to use each street. The five “Street Types” are Activity Streets, Commerce/Mixed-Use Streets, Neighborhood Connectors Commercial Connectors, and System Links. o The Indianapolis-Marion County Thoroughfare Plan map depicts “Context Areas” labeled as either compact or metropolitan. These disparate geographical areas are used to apply different standards including ROW. The plan incorporates right-of-way needs for all modes, providing design guidance on multi-modal facilities, and providing guidance on conflicting modal priorities (also Greenways as special corridor designations). o The El Paso Thoroughfare Plan identifies areas as compact urban or drivable suburban to differentiate thoroughfare design intentions. o Montgomery County, Maryland defines pedestrian priority areas and transit corridors and defines target speed by road classification and area type. • Adapt the thoroughfare plan to an idealized grid and include supporting network concepts. o NCHRP Report 917 provides a process for adapting a large, planned thoroughfare network to an ideal grid and prioritizing new corridors for preservation. o Indian River includes a “Extended Roadway Grid Network” in their thoroughfare plan as logical extensions of roadways to undeveloped portions of the county. The county enforces a Subdivision Collector Map to ensure that proposed development extends subdivision collector roadways to landlocked parcels.
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