Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

Appendix
TrAnsporTATIon I: CONTexT-SeNSITIve SOlUTIONS AND DeSIgN
CommUTer sTreeTs
These arterials typically serve commercial areas
developed with small retail strip centers, with
buildings set back from parking lots along the
frontage. Because of this, strip commercial arterials
have many intersections and driveways that provide
access to adjacent businesses. Historically, this type
of street often is highly auto-oriented and tends to
discourage walking and bicycling. On-street parking is
infrequent.
Commuter streets are designed with multiple lanes
divided by a landscaped median or a continuous twoway
left turn lane in the center. Commuter streets
are designed to balance traffc mobility with access
to nearby businesses. However, because there are so
many intersections and access points on commercial
streets, they often become congested. Improvements
to these streets should come in the form of access
management, traffc signal timing and creative
intersection lane capacity improvements. Along with
providing access to employment centers, commuter
streets are also applicable in industrial contexts.
InITIAL prIorITy eLemenTs
• Number and width of travel lanes
• Medians
• Transit accommodations
Cross seCTIon InDICATor key
seConDAry prIorITy eLemenTs
• Pedestrian facilities
• Bicycle facilities
• Tree lawns
• Two-way center left-turn lanes
• On-street parking
exAmpLes oF TrAFFIC
mAnAGemenT FeATUres
• Medians
• Consolidated driveways
• Synchronization of traffc signals
• On-street parking
• Narrower travel lanes
• Reduced pedestrian crossing distances
at intersections, using curb extensions,
traffc islands, and other measures
Use this cross section indicator key to better understand the recommended traffc
volume, speed, transit service, parking, bike, and walk-related attributes of
commuter streets when looking at the cross sections on the next pages
TrAnsporTATIon/LAnD Use BUILDInG BLoCks
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JULy 2010
TULsA CompreHensIve pLAn – APPeNDIx
This chart indicates that commuter streets would apply
within employment areas, and would be acceptable in
corridor and center areas.