Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

Land Use
parT v: BUiLdinG THe PLan
Transportation Building Blocks
This section describes the land use implications of
Tulsa’s transportation needs; a more detailed discussion
of transportation goals and policies can be found in
the Transportation Chapter. The two fundamental
transportation building blocks are an expanded transit
system and a network of multi-modal streets.
multi-modal street system
The first transportation building block is the multimodal
street system. A multi-modal street balances
the needs of all modes of travel, giving people the
option to walk, bike, ride transit or drive. The street
types include Main Streets, Multi-Modal Streets,
Commuter Streets and Residential Collectors.
These street types attempt to strike a balance between
functional classification, adjacent land use, and the
competing travel needs.
This approach diverges from conventional street
designs that emphasize automobile mobility and speed
to the exclusion of other users. At the same time, it
retains the city’s existing classification system of
arterials, collectors and local streets. Instead, it presents
criteria to better classify their function and guide the
redevelopment of existing facilities and the design of
new ones. The conversion to multi-modal streets will
occur incrementally as roads are re-designed, small
area plans recommend changes to the road character
and on-street bicycle facilities are needed to link
key destinations and connect the off-street trails to
neighborhoods. Further details can be found in the
Transportation Chapter.
Table 6: Relating Transportation Building
Blocks to Land Use Building Blocks
land use
Building
Blocks
Transportation Building Blocks
main
streets
multimodal
streets
commuter
streets
residential
collector
streets
downtown y y x y
centers y y Z y
corridors y y Z x
new
residential
existing
residential
x Z x y
x Z Z y
employment x y y x
x = not applicable; y = applicable; Z = acceptable
hoW TransporTaTion Building
Blocks relaTe To land use
The overarching approach to integrating land
uses and transportation facilities is known as
Context sensitive solutions (Css). This process,
described in the Transportation Chapter,
provides more detailed direction for balancing
or prioritizing the infrastructure for each mode
of travel in the context of the adjacent land
uses. Css takes an interdisciplinary approach
to street design that will further encourage
coordination between traffc engineers, planners,
urban designers, architects, emergency response
offcials, and the community when designing
new streets or reconstructing existing streets.
This approach fosters communication with those
designing other elements of the community and
results in better facilities and places.
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