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Pedestrian Network Deficiency Analysis Results The analysis results illustrate a diverse Ramsey County street network formed by historic roadway standards. Facility quality varies widely across Ramsey County. Some local streets have complete sidewalks or paths on both sides while some large streets with significant levels of traffic are lacking any sort of pedestrian facilities. Pedestrian Network Deficiency Analysis Map Summary The Pedestrian Network Deficiency Analysis map displays the analysis results of the pedestrian level of service calculation. Different colors indicate different levels of completeness. Streets considered most deficient are illustrated in red. These tend to be fast arterial streets with missing or incomplete sidewalks. Light brown segments are the next level of deficiency in the analysis. These may be local streets with intermittent sidewalk coverage, or arterial streets with a sidewalk on only one side of the street. Light green segments are those calculated to have minor deficiencies. These segments include moderate speed streets with a sidewalk on one side of the street, or local streets lacking sidewalks. Dark green segments indicate the streets considered least deficient and least stressful. To qualify for this categorization, the street must have sidewalks on both sides of the street, and have traffic operating at low speeds. Limited access highways are displayed in gray and are excluded from this analysis. Findings and Notable Results Streets with full sidewalk coverage are concentrated in the parts of Ramsey County with older development. This includes most of St Paul, the historic center of White Bear Lake and areas of Falcon Heights south of Larpenteur such as University Grove. These streets were built in an era when sidewalk provision was standard on all types of streets and the presence of sidewalks supports walking in these communities to this day. 2B-9 I SYSTEM ANALYSIS