Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

Appendix
TrAnsporTATIon I: CONTexT-SeNSITIve SOlUTIONS AND DeSIgN
resIDenTIAL CoLLeCTor sTreeTs
These streets strengthen neighborhood cohesion,
promote alternative transportation, calm traffc and
connect recreational destinations. These residential
street designs should be used in new housing
developments, to ensure that new neighborhoods
provide a comfortable pedestrian realm, and can
also serve as models for retrofitting existing
neighborhood streets.
In both cases, these residential streets tend to be more
pedestrian-oriented than commuter streets, giving
a higher priority to the pedestrian experience by
providing landscaped medians, tree lawns, sidewalks,
on-street parking, and bicycle lanes.
Residential streets consist of two to four travel lanes,
but place a much higher priority on pedestrian and
bicycle friendliness than on auto mobility.
Cross seCTIon InDICATor key
InITIAL prIorITy eLemenTs
• Sidewalks
• Tree Lawns
• On-street parking
• Landscaped medians
• Bike lanes on designated bicycle routes
seConDAry prIorITy eLemenTs
• Number and width of travel lanes
(especially collector and local streets)
exAmpLes oF TrAFFIC
mAnAGemenT FeATUres
• Medians
• On-street parking
• Street trees
• Narrower travel lanes
• Traffc circles and roundabouts
• Reduced pedestrian crossing distances
at intersections, using curb extensions,
traffc islands, and other measures
• Diverters
Use this cross section indicator key to better understand the recommended traffc
volume, speed, transit service, parking, bike, and walk-related attributes of residential
collector streets when looking at the cross sections on the next pages
TrAnsporTATIon/LAnD Use BUILDInG BLoCks
This chart indicates that residential collector
streets would apply within downtown, center, new
residential, and existing residential areas.
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