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Floyd County, IndianaFloyd County Thoroughfare PlanSection 5–Implementation and Next Steps• Disadvantages- “Pure” TIF bonds pose a greater risk to investors and, as such, bear higher interest ratesthan general obligation bonds.- TIF assumes all increment is caused by redevelopment, to the detriment of overlapping taxdistricts.- Freezing tax base overlooks increased services other taxing districts may be called on toprovide and may limit the ability of other taxing units to raise additional needed taxes orcause tax rates to increase to provide needed revenues.5.04 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONA. Revise Subdivision Ordinance1. Access Managementa. General GuidelinesAccess management is a tool used to balance the needs of providing accessibility tolocal property owners and transportation system mobility. All land owners have aright to access the local transportation system but the degree of access can vary bythe functional classification of the roadway that serves their property. An accessmanagement program seeks to limit the number of access points on arterial andcollector streets and to promote the use of the local street system to accessdevelopments. The four major principals of access management are the same for allclasses of streets.• Minimize the number of access points.• Separate conflict zones.• Minimize acceleration/deceleration requirements.• Remove turning vehicles from the through-traffic lanes.Minimizing the number of access points reduces traffic conflict locations along aroadway, improving safety and traffic operations. The separation of conflict zonesalso reduces the number of conflict points on the roadway. Reducing the need forvehicles to accelerate and decelerate within the main travel lanes reduces theseverity of conflicts by allowing vehicles entering or exiting a roadway to moreclosely match through traffic speeds. The removal of turning vehicles from thethrough traffic lanes also reduces the severity of conflicts by providing storage areasand exclusive channelization for turning movements.By establishing proper access management principals and enforcing them in newdevelopments, the following positive outcomes may be achieved:• Reduced crashes.• Increased existing street capacity.• Reduced need to widen existing streets or build new ones.Prepared by Strand Associates, Inc. ® 5-10KRH:pll\S:\@SIECO\001--050\046\008\Wrd\Thoroughfare Plan\Draft 07-19-07\S5-Implementation and Next Steps 07-19-07.doc\072007
Floyd County, IndianaFloyd County Thoroughfare PlanSection 5–Implementation and Next Stepsb. Limit Number of Property Access PointsControlling and limiting the number of driveways on arterial and collector roadwayscould help to achieve the objectives of access management. Driveways should besufficiently spaced to minimize conflicts from adjacent driveway movements andfrom through traffic on the adjacent street system. Control of driveway spacinggenerally requires consideration of the following two criteria: (1) properties shouldbe limited to the fewest possible access points and (2) access spacing should becontrolled to minimize traffic conflicts.Each single-family residential property should be permitted only one driveway. Theseproperties do not generate high traffic volumes and present minimal conflicts with localstreet traffic movements.For commercial properties, the number of access points that should be allowed dependson the length of property frontage along an arterial or collector street and the volume oftraffic generated by the development. A general rule of thumb requires a property togenerate more than 500 trips per hour (typically equivalent to 5,000 trips per day) tojustify more than one driveway.Should a property generate thishigh volume of trips, a seconddriveway may be considered if itsfrontage exceeds 600 feet. Threedriveways may be considered if thedevelopment’s frontage exceeds1,300 feet. A second or thirdaccess driveway should only begranted if a traffic impact study forthe property indicates a need fortwo or three access driveways tomaintain traffic flow on the street.On a median-divided street, asecond driveway can be approvedbut limited to right-turn entering andexiting movements. If more thanone access driveway is required fora major traffic generating property,then the criteria for control of theaccess spacing should be applied.On some properties it may bepossible to minimize the number ofaccess points by sharing accessbetween adjacent properties. Thiscan be accomplished byencouraging cross easementsFigure 5.04-1 Shared Access ExamplesSource: FHWA Access Management ManualPrepared by Strand Associates, Inc. ® 5-11KRH:pll\S:\@SIECO\001--050\046\008\Wrd\Thoroughfare Plan\Draft 07-19-07\S5-Implementation and Next Steps 07-19-07.doc\072007
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