Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA
Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA
Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA
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<strong>Plan</strong> Chapter: Land Use<br />
VISUALIzATION OF<br />
PiNE AND PEOriA<br />
before<br />
After<br />
Buildings in transit-oriented areas along major<br />
arterials will be built up to the sidewalk and<br />
generally range from one- to five-stories in height.<br />
Corridors are pairings of land use and<br />
transportation.<br />
Corridors<br />
Corridors will stitch the city together, and they<br />
serve as both travel routes and destinations. They<br />
will serve local and regional traffc, but they will<br />
also be places with jobs, housing and shopping<br />
amenities. <strong>Tulsa</strong>’s corridors will be divided into two<br />
main categories: high-capacity arterial streets that<br />
support several travel methods such as cars, bikes<br />
and transit, and lower-volume main streets that<br />
serve neighbors and visitors alike.<br />
Major Arterials<br />
Major arterial streets with a variety of transportation options<br />
will be the backbone of <strong>Tulsa</strong>’s transportation system. While<br />
the majority of people will still travel by car, some arterials<br />
will have dedicated lanes for buses, as well as for bicycles.<br />
The urban design within arterials should be comfortable for<br />
pedestrians, and the infrastructure will include sidewalks,<br />
street trees, crosswalks and on-street parking.<br />
The types of land uses along these arterials will vary. Highspeed<br />
and high-volume arterials usually attract only autooriented<br />
businesses such as big-box stores, gas stations,<br />
and drive-through restaurants. These types of uses, which<br />
dominate many of <strong>Tulsa</strong>’s arterials today, will remain a part<br />
of <strong>Tulsa</strong>’s urban fabric in the future. However, smallerscale<br />
businesses tend to thrive in more pedestrian-oriented<br />
shopping districts. These areas typically will have wider<br />
sidewalks, street trees, and parallel parking to provide some<br />
separation between traffic and the pedestrian.<br />
Pedestrian improvements are especially important at light<br />
rail stations and other major transit centers, where higherdensity<br />
employment, mixed-use housing, retail, services, and<br />
other uses are clustered together. These areas will be carefully<br />
selected to maximize benefits to the transit system and the<br />
surrounding neighborhoods. A good example of such an area<br />
is a large hospital campus, which may have higher density<br />
housing nearby for employees and some retail shops. Buildings<br />
in transit-oriented areas are typically built up to the sidewalk<br />
and generally range from one- to five-stories in height.<br />
18 | TULSA ViSioN- July 2010
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