Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

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TrAnsporTATIon II: UrBAN COrrIDOrS
FIGUre 3: CorrIDor DeveLopmenT “one sIZe Does noT FIT ALL”
project needs and Corridor Context
Defining the current or future context for a corridor
goes hand-in-hand with defining specific project
needs. If the corridor includes areas envisioned as
main streets or neighborhood centers, those areas may
may need to receive improved transit or pedestrian
capacity.
Stakeholder input should identify values, issues,
priorities and goals and objectives for the corridor.
Much of this input will help form criteria for assessing
alternatives later in the project. The project needs
assessment should result in a problem statement that
reflects the needs of all users as well as the corridor’s
existing — and future — context and characteristics.
It should be noted, however, that not every
transportation improvement along a corridor will
have the same purpose, as illustrated in Figure 3.
Techniques such as those found in the Institute of
Transportation Engineers’ Designing Walkable Urban
Thoroughfares: A Context Sensitive Approach, can
provide guidance for how to design the facility to
function well across a variety of areas and contexts.
Alternatives Development
The alternatives need to address the problem
statement identified in the project needs step and
also reflect the community vision and objectives.
Stakeholder input is necessary to identify values,
issues, priorities and criteria for assessing alternatives.
The CSS outcome of this step is an inclusive problem
statement, a short-range and long-range vision for the
corridor and goals and objectives that will direct the
development of alternatives.
With a CSS approach, the needs may be stated in
terms of context, economic, or other community
aspects, as well as mobility needs. The CSS outcome
of this step is to provide decision makers with a
wide range of choices, derived in a collaborative
and participatory process. The alternatives should
be competitive in that they address as many of the
goals and objectives as possible. Solutions should be
innovative and flexible in the application of design
guidance.
The initial step is to establish a street cross
section concepts for the corridor area in question.
PLANiTULSA outlines four overarching street
typologies:
• Main Streets
• Multi-modal Streets
• Commuter Streets
• Residential Streets
However, the cross section is not the entire solution.
The solutions should include ways to enhance and
meet the needs of the context, activities generated
by adjacent and nearby land uses and objectives that
are part of the community vision for the corridor. To
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