o El Paso, Texas, extends its arterial and collector grid using dashed lines on the thoroughfare plan map. o The Bastrop, Texas Thoroughfare Plan includes a well-connected grid network that establishes a long-range vision for a highly connected, multimodal street system throughout the City of Bastrop, including the local street network. It may be an interesting model for use in more location specific strategies relative to compact urban areas. o Alachua County incorporated numerous new corridors and connections in an effort to relieve congested and constrained corridors by providing alternative parallel corridors, and improve accessibility to town centers or activity centers. Issues considered included spacing standards to develop more of a grid network. o Identify opportunities for complete streets projects and transit corridors to connect to greenways and multiuse trails. Clearly designate greenways and multiuse trails as transportation, not recreational, facilities. For example, Indianapolis-Marion County includes Greenways as special corridor designations. o Update and assign the County access classifications to County arterial and collector roadways to reinforce the thoroughfare plan. Integrate multimodal and context sensitive features, such as alleys and block spacing in urban contexts and safe, continuous access to transit stops. o Implement street network connectivity in urban contexts. See Alachua County and Leon County for additional helpful examples of network connectivity provisions. o Consider designating future Smart Corridors to focus investments in technology enhancements in these areas and manage right-of-way needs, using the emerging smart road classification systems. o Integrate FDOT Electric Vehicle (EV) Master Plan locations and possible locations on other County thoroughfares, to support expansion of EV charging stations. The State is developing an innovative funding program to promote such installations (e.g. “Green” Bank, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) loan). o Montgomery County enacted a new policy and guidelines for permitting EV charging stations on the curb for homes lacking driveway and garage access. Consider developing a policy to ensure proper management of the right-of-way for EV charging along major corridors. • Increase network redundancy and designate vulnerable routes for management. o Designate routes vulnerable to flooding and other threats by assigning segments to categories shown in Figure 44 and associate the links with specific adaptation and mitigation strategies requiring additional right-of-way. o Designate priority routes lacking parallel relievers and/or connections to alternative facilities and increase redundancy of the network through strategies to provide alternative routes in the event of an incident or evacuation. • Establish a dedicated funding source for corridor management projects and acquisition of right of way. o Tallahassee - Leon County practices of interest include: Established Blueprint 2000 Intergovernmental Agency, under a board comprised of the County and City commissions, has authority to approve the purchase of • Anticipate and integrate new designations as technology evolves .
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