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1. The Village should recognize and continue the Washington County concept of a parkway system. A parkway is proposed to follow Oneka Lake Boulevard and Hardwood Creek into Forest Lake Township. 2. The Village should coordinate its designated major thorough- fare system with the County Engineer in establishing future right-of-ways. 3. Transportation planning should recognize and include snow- mobiles, horse trails, hiking trails, pedestrian circulation, and other similar forms of movement. 4. Future transportation should be planned on the assumption that there will be a coordinated "system" including new forms of mass transit as well as more conventional modes of travel. 5. Minor street openings (usually residential) onto thoroughfares should be minimized to improve traffic flow and reduce traffic hazards. 6. All streets should intersect at right angles to avoid traffic hazards and to prevent the formation of unusable and odd - shaped parcels of land. 7. Wherever possible, streets should follow line of main drainage. 8. Left turn lanes should be provided for moderate to heavy traffic. 9. Curb parking should not be permitted on thoroughfares and collector streets with moderate to heavy traffic. (The courts have ruled that parking on a public street is not a right; it is a privilege which may be granted or taken away at will.) The purpose of a street is to move traffic; as such, the decision to permit or to ban curb parking should be a technical decision based upon traffic needs rather than a political decision. However, off-street parking should be provided in cases where traffic necessitates the banning of on -street parking. 10. Where future traffic is expected to be exceptionally heavy on major thoroughfares, right-of-way in addition to the minimum of 80 feet should be acquired; an alternative is to require an additional set -back along the route in anticipation of future acquisition. 11. The right-of-way, number of moving lanes, and the determination of whether parking should be permitted must be related to the anticipated future peak traffic volumes which can be expected. 12. Street systems should be designed to serve morning and evening "rush hours" not 24 hour traffic volumes. These peak or design volumes, when computed from assigned and projected traffic demand in terms of vehicles per hour to a future design year, allow the calculation of capacity needs. 27