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General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

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Chapter 3 Infrastructure<br />

• La Tijera Boulevard<br />

• Locust Street (Regent Street to Hillcrest Boulevard)<br />

• Myrtle Avenue (Arbor Vitae Street to Century Boulevard)<br />

• Oak Street (Eucalyptus Avenue to Arbor Vitae Street)<br />

• Park Avenue (Warren Lane to Hyde Park Boulevard)<br />

• Regent Street<br />

• Springpark Avenue<br />

• Spruce Avenue (La Brea Avenue to Manchester Boulevard)<br />

• Warren Lane (Centinela Avenue to Park Avenue)<br />

• West Boulevard (north <strong>of</strong> Manchester Boulevard)<br />

• Yukon Avenue<br />

• 5 th Avenue (north <strong>of</strong> Manchester Boulevard)<br />

• 8 th Avenue<br />

• 64 th Street (Springpark Avenue to Garth Avenue)<br />

• 90 th Street (east <strong>of</strong> Crenshaw Boulevard)<br />

• 102 nd Street (east <strong>of</strong> Prairie Avenue)<br />

• 104 th Street<br />

• 108 th Street (Prairie Avenue to Crenshaw Boulevard)<br />

• 79 th Street (From Crenshaw Boulevard to Van Ness Avenue)<br />

• Lemoli Avenue<br />

• Pincay Drive<br />

• Plymouth Street (Beach Street to La Brea Avenue)<br />

• Felton Avenue (95 th Street to 98 th Street)<br />

• Field Avenue (Centinela Avenue to Hargrave Street)<br />

• Hill Street (La Cienega Boulevard to Beach Street)<br />

Operational Characteristics<br />

Level <strong>of</strong> service (LOS) is defined as a quality measure describing operational conditions<br />

within a traffic stream, generally in terms <strong>of</strong> such service measures as speed and travel<br />

time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, and comfort and convenience. Level <strong>of</strong><br />

service indicators for the highway and roadway system are based on specific<br />

characteristics <strong>of</strong> traffic flow on designated sections <strong>of</strong> roadway during a typical day. For<br />

mainline freeway and roadway segments, these include overall traffic volume, speed and<br />

density. Several physical and operational characteristics <strong>of</strong> the roadway, such as lane<br />

configuration, free-flow speed (typical speed between intersections) and number <strong>of</strong><br />

intersections per mile, are used to determine the vehicular capacity <strong>of</strong> the roadway<br />

segment. When these two sets <strong>of</strong> data are compared, a volume to capacity (V/C) ratio is<br />

calculated. These factors are then converted to an alpha descriptor identifying operating<br />

conditions and expressed as a level <strong>of</strong> service, or LOS, A through F. LOS A identifies the<br />

best operating conditions along a section <strong>of</strong> roadway and is characterized by free-flow<br />

traffic, low volumes and little or no restrictions on maneuverability. LOS F characterizes<br />

forced traffic flow with high traffic densities, slow travel speeds and <strong>of</strong>ten stop-and-go<br />

conditions.<br />

3.8-4<br />

<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Inglewood</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Update</strong> Technical Background Report

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