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. <br /> Exerpt from: "The Residential Street -- Part I" <br /> by C. Gregory Dale & Jennifer Sham <br /> Planning Commissioners Journal <br /> 4 [From Issue 20, page 16, of the PCJ, Fall 1995] <br /> Summing Up: <br /> The standard used for the typical residential <br /> street has evolved from a narrow pavement <br /> width and right-of way to the much wider <br /> cross-section seen in today's suburbs. Vehicle <br /> speeds are becoming an ever-increasing <br /> complaint in suburban areas. Many traffic <br /> engineers and police officers agree that drivers <br /> respond to their surroundings and not to posted <br /> speed limit signs. In other words, if the street <br /> has the width and gentle curves of a highway, <br /> people will drive on it as if it were a highway. <br /> 110 Consequently, many communities are <br /> reconsidering their existing residential street <br /> design standards. There are an increasing <br /> number of planners and designers who, for <br /> many reasons, advocate going back to the street <br /> pattern found in older, traditional <br /> neighborhoods. However, many developers <br /> argue that the public is well-satisfied with the <br /> "modern" suburban street pattern that still <br /> predominates today. <br /> About the Authors: <br /> C. Gregory Dale, AICP, is Director of Planning of the planning and engineering firm of Pflum, <br /> Klausmeier& Gehrum, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dale is also a past president of the Ohio Chapter of the <br /> American Planning Association, and frequent speaker at planning and zoning workshops across the <br /> country. <br /> • Jennifer Sham is a registered landscape architect with Pflum, Klausmeier& Gehrum, and has <br /> worked on many projects that deal with the design issues of community planning. <br />