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CIRCULATION I Streets <br /> The circulation systems for automobiles, pedestrians, and bicycles serve to connect the residents within A connected street system that supports emergency <br /> the neighborhood and to their community. Systems will provide safe and efficient routes in and out of the response,efficient routes of travel,and neighborhood <br /> development, create beneficial neighborhood links at the pedestrian level, and will respond to the scale interaction are priorities. Dead ends and cul-de-sacs <br /> and use of the buildings they connect. are discouraged and should only be used where <br /> absolutely necessary. <br /> 1 <br /> The street types are anticipated to varyin scale <br /> and use. On streets, curb cuts should be limited <br /> �e..t: i ,,,,a . L to accommodating secondary and private drives <br /> 4 '?��.� `L` wherever possible. Secondary streets and alleyways <br /> 4 4. . ,d».!s 1 should be used as a primary means to access <br /> t ,t, / . ,� , residences by car. This intent to define major streets <br /> V a° ' .,4, ' as more of a through-street for traffic as opposed to <br /> t f' j. `�y an access road full of driveways allows for a safer, <br /> t... more consistent roadway as well as the improved <br /> 41; ;r ° r• ► ; aesthetic of a landscaped thoroughfare. <br /> a1 r._ <br /> To reduce vehicular conflicts with pedestrians on the <br /> lifil. <br /> II' <br /> sidewalks and maximize the amount of separation <br /> 1and streetscape planting area provided by Planter <br /> l <br /> strips, plats should be designed to minimize the <br /> number and width of driveway cuts along the <br /> sidewalk. The arrangement of driveways adjacent <br /> to each other to provide longer planter strips is <br /> encouraged. <br /> The anticipated categories of street types are <br /> depicted in the following section diagrams. <br /> H-8 <br /> 8 I The Riverfront District-Design Guidelines <br />