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4-22 VISALIA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
Table 4-6: Typical Street Elements and Widths (Feet)
Street Classification
Street Standards
Right-of-
Way Width
Curb-to-
Curb Width
Typical street widths and design elements in Visalia
are listed in Table 4-6. All street designs are subject
to review and approval by the Public Works Department
and additional local street cross-sections may
be approved with area plans, development projects
or subdivisions to reflect specific design concepts.
Although the City of Visalia Design Standards provide
guidance on cross-section widths and the City
has preserved right-of-way along street corridors for
future transportation-related improvements, street
designs may vary with regard to raised medians,
travel lanes for vehicles, bicycle lanes, parking and
sidewalks within these cross sections. Future roadways
will be developed on a street by street basis
according to direction from the City.
Travel
Lanes
Parking
Lanes
Bicycle
Lanes
Median
Strip
Planter
Strip 1 Sidewalk
6-Lane Arterial 134’ 110’ 6 x 12’ None 2 x 6’ 26’ 5’ 7’
4-Lane Arterial 110’ 86’ 4 x 12’ None 2 x 6’ 26’ 5’ 7’
2-Lane Arterial 74’ 50’ 2 x 12’ None 2 x 6’ 14’ 5’ 7’
4-Lane Collector 110’ 86’ 4 x 12’ 2 x 8’ 2 x 5’ 12’ 5’ 7’
2-Lane Collector 84’ 62’ 2 x 12’ 2 x 8’ 2 x 5’ 12’ 5’ 6’
2-Lane Local 60’ 40’ 2 x 12’ 2 x 8’ None None 5’ 5’
1. Minimum planter strip width stated in the table includes the width of the curb.
Source: Dyett and Bhatia, 2010; Omni-Means, 2012.
Streetscape Improvements
Complementing improvements to the citywide street
system are improvements to the city’s streetscape and
city identity. These streetscape types create a hierarchy
for navigation throughout the city, and provide
opportunities for public art, signage, and special
landscaping and fixtures. The General Plan introduces
four streetscape concepts, shown on the illustrative
street sections that follow.
Figure 4-2a shows a “green street” version of a twolane
collector. Green Streets are more intimate in
scale and provide greater pedestrian facilities like
wide sidewalks, furnishings, curb bulb-outs, and frequent,
well-marked crosswalks. This design may be
appropriate for streets like Main Street, Murray Avenue,
Court Street/Dinuba Boulevard, and Santa Fe
Street. The shared travel/bike lane is a departure from
the typical street section for a two-lane collector.