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63 <br />Goals and Policies <br />Goals: <br />1.Reduce the need for transportation facilities by combining or concentrating related land use activities <br />where feasible. <br />2.Provide a balanced transportation system giving attention to all modes and related activities. <br />3.Provide for safe, rapid and convenient movement by all modes of transportation. <br />4.Continued maintenance and improvement of local street system. <br />5.Improve upon existing bike and trail facilities and connect to regional networks. <br />Policies: <br />1.Treat all modes of transportation and related facilities as one system to be coordinated and related on a <br />comprehensive basis. <br />2.Plan transportation facilities to function in a manner compatible with adjacent land uses. <br />3.Design transportation facilities to conserve natural resources and other existing manmade facilities to <br />minimize the need for on-going public investment. <br />4.Reduce dependency on automobile-oriented transportation by assigning higher priorities to the <br />development of pedestrian/bicycle and transit facilities. <br />5.Minimize the need for transportation facilities through land use controls, notably zoning, which <br />encourage the consolidation and concentration of related uses. <br />6.Prepare and annually update a Capital Improvement Program for transportation facilities. <br />7.Coordinate transportation planning and implementation with neighboring jurisdictions. <br />8.Ensure that the highway system complements and facilitates local movements provided by local streets, <br />bicycle trails and pedestrian facilities. <br />9.Maintain a line of communication with metropolitan, county and state highway officials in order to ensure <br />that planned improvements are consistent with the goals and objectives of the community. <br />10.Minimize and limit vehicular access onto all types of arterial roadways to ensure adequate distance <br />between intersections and utilization of appropriate traffic control methods and devices. <br />11.Wherever possible, limit or prevent access to properties from major streets and parking on arterial streets. <br />12.Eliminate and prevent any on-street parking which conflicts with moving traffic or creates hazards. <br />13.Plan, design and develop all additional street system facilities according to the highest standards, giving <br />due consideration to both land use and overall transportation goals and policies. <br />14.Encourage the construction of school and transit loading and unloading zones to ensure public safety and <br />to eliminate bus stop hazards. <br />15.Establish proper access points to residential and commercial areas. <br />16.Encourage design of all local residential streets to prevent penetration by through traffic and properly <br />direct traffic to collector or arterial streets.