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City of Mounds View Comprehensive Plan Appendix C: Functional Classification Criteria CRITERION PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL "A"MINOR ARTERIAL COLLECTOR LOCAL FREEWAY OTHER 11 Place Connections Interconnect metro centers Interconnect metro centers and Provide supplementary connection Interconnect neighborhoods and Interconnect blocks within and regional business regional business to metro centers and regional minor business concentrations residential neighborhoods and concentrations,important concentrations,important business concentrations within the within the MUSA.Supplemental land parcels within transportation terminals and transportation terminals and MUSA.Interconnect major traffic interconnection of major traffic commercial/industrial large institutional facilities large institutional facilities generators within metro centers and generators within metro centers developments within the MUSA. within the MUSA. regional business concentrations and regional business concentrations Spacing Fully developed area:2—3 Fully developed area:2—3 Metro centers and regional business Metro centers and regional As needed to access land uses miles Developing area:3—6 miles Developing area:3—6 concentrations:1/4-1/4 mile.Fully business concentrations: 1/8-'/2 miles miles developed area:'/2 mile.Developing miles.Fully developed area:'/4- area:1—2 miles 1/4 mile.Developing area:1/2-1 mile Management Maintain at least 40 mph Maintain at least 40 mph Maintain minimum average speeds No standard No standard average speed during peak average speed during peak during peak traffic periods of: 15 traffic periods traffic periods mph in metro centers and regional business concentrations,20 mph in fully developed areas,and 30 mph in developing areas System To other interstate freeways, To interstate freeways,other To most interstate freeways and Sometimes to interstate freeways To a few minor arterials.To Connections and other principal arterials and principal arterials,selected other principal arterials,other minor and other principal arterials.To collectors and other local Access Spacing selected minor arterials. minor arterials and selected arterials and collectors and some minor arterials,other collectors, streets Nonstop connections between collectors.Nonstop local streets and local streets principal arterials.Access connections between principal distances of 1—2 miles arterials.Minimum intersection spacing of mile with I—2 miles desired Trip Length Greater than 8 miles with at Greater than 8 miles with at Medium to short trips(2—6 miles) Short trips(1—4 miles)at low to Short trips(under 2 miles)at least 5 continuous miles on least 5 continuous miles on at moderate speeds. Longer trips to moderate speeds.Longer trips to low speeds.Longer trips to principal arterials.Express principal arterials.Express access principal arterials.Local and access arterials. access collectors and arterials. transit trips. transit trips. limited-stop transit trips. Mobility vs.Land Emphasis on mobility.No Greater emphasis on mobility. Emphasis on mobility.Direct land Equal emphasis on mobility and Emphasis on land access. Access direct land access should be Little or no direct land access. access restricted to concentrations of land access.Direct land access to Direct land access to allowed. commercial/industrial uses development concentrations. residential uses. Intersections Grade separated Grade separated desirable.At Traffic signals and cross street stops Four-way stops and some traffic As required minimum high-capacity signals controlled at-grade 116