Access and Mobility Relationship

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1 The functional classification system defines both the function and role of a roadway within the hierarchy of an overall highway system. This system is used to create a roadway network that collects and distributes traffic from neighborhoods and ultimately to the state or interstate highway system. Functional classification planning works to manage mobility, access, spacing, and spacing of routes. Functional classification also seeks to align designations with current and future land use with the roadway s purpose. Figure 2-2 illustrates the general relationship between functional classification, access, and mobility. Figure 2-2: ccess and Mobility Relationship ccess Complete Control nrestricted ccess and Mobility Relationship Local Roads City treets and Township Roads 75% County Roads Collectors % County tate id Highways Trunk Highways Note: Percentage of Roadway Mileage Minor rterials Expressways % Freeways rterials 5% roadway s functional classification is based on a number of factors including: Trip characteristics: length of route, type and size of activity centers, and route continuity ccess to regional population centers, activity centers, and major traffic generators Proportional balance of access, ease of approaching or entering a location Proportional balance of mobility, ability to move without restrictions Continuity between travel destinations Relationship with neighboring land uses Eligibility for state and federal funding The County s functional classification system is broken down into four major categories principal arterials, minor arterials, collectors, and local roadways. Figure 2-3 illustrates the typical functional characteristics for each of these categories. Figure 2-4 displays the existing functional classification system of the County s highways. No Thru Traffic Low peed Mobility No Local Traffic High peed ource: MnDOT tearns County 2-5

2 Figure 2-3: Characteristics rterials Connect major activity centers Provide significant continuity at a regional level erve long distance trips Provide limited access and high speeds erve regional or statewide travesheds Example: I-4, TH 23, TH 15 Minor rterials Connect key activity center Provide continuity on a sub-regional level erve medium to long distance trips Provide limited access and high speeds erve regional travelsheds Example: TH 55, CH, CH 2 Collectors Connect local activity centers to arterials Provide increased continuity at a local level erve short to medium length trips Balance emphasis of access and mobility Provide access to localized areas Example: CH 23, CR 176 Local Routes Connect neighborhoods, businesses and schools Provide access to higher-order roadways Provide lowest degree of continuity llow closely spaced access points Provide direct access to property erve limited travelsheds tearns County 2-6

3 Chapter 2: Existing Conditions Figure 2-4: tearns County Existing ystem 72 HLEY estport 185 K CENTRE GETTY w Meire Grove 11 Greenwald LKE GEORGE Brooten CRO LKE 12 Henry 1 LKE HENRY Ø 178 Inset 133 Kandiyohi aint Joseph ¼ Florida 71 aite Park EDEN 43 LKE Railroads 136 ² Municipal reas 44 PO Boundary aint ugusta LYNDEN 146 Pearl ROD YMBOL 45 Paynesville Eden Valley 14» FIR HVEN MINE PRIRIE 44 atkins Clear outh Haven ² ylvia ½! b ² Interstate X G County tate id Highway County Road 1 ugar Meeker Green ½ LXEMBRG Local 115 Rockville 4 Minor Collector herburne b! Grand rban Collector m 136 Kimball Calhoun aint picer Cloud aite Park Major Collector aint Cloud 13 Cold pring 16 Nest 142 Cedar tate Highway Mink nnandale Ø right Maple Francis Long 138 T. JOEPH London 2 MNON T. JOEPH KEFIELD Richmond Koronis auk Rapids ¼ 34 Mud Fish w Middle COLLEGEVILLE 12 aint Joseph Minor rterial ¼ rterial auk Rapids aint Martin ee Inset artell FRMING 41 PYNEVILLE artell Norway 177 ZION LE K Regal LE K 156 T. MRTIN punk CRO RIVER Belgrade T. ENDEL von 176 T. ENDEL 2 Figure 2-4 Existing ystem aint tephen Crow 1 lbany 12 pring Hill VON OK PRING HILL b! Benton LBNY Munich 31 Elrosa Pope GROVE 13 NORTH FORK Freeport 173 BROCKY 3 Little Rock 131 HOLDING aint 152 nthony Melrose RYMOND Holdingford KRIN aint Rosa MELROE tearns County 2040 ± MILLOOD 36 auk Centre Á m Birch m 137 herburne tearns County 0 5 [ 2-7

4 The four primary functional classification categories are further defined for urban or rural systems. rban functionally classified roadways are located in municipalities with populations exceeding 5,000. The Cities of t. Cloud, artell, t. Joseph and aite Park are the only municipalities within tearns County that meet this threshold. nder Minnesota state law, a city is eligible for municipal state-aid (M-status once it reaches the 5,000 person threshold. This means the municipality can establish M street designation and receive state gas tax remittance. ll of these cities are located within the t. Cloud Metropolitan Planning rea. Rural functional classification systems provide intra and inter-county service, linking urban areas and cities to form a cohesive county-wide network. MnDOT recommends spacing at intervals consistent with population density, so that developed areas are within a reasonable distance to major roadways. hile established urban limits may not directly influence a route s function, they may trigger an opportunity to change functional classification terminology. nder new state and federal functional classification guidance, collectors and minor arterials may be upgraded by one classification when a roadway enters an urban area, but only if the function of the road changes at the boundary. For example, major collector routes that feed traffic from the rural areas entering into an urban area may be upgraded to minor arterial routes only if the function actually changes. nderstanding characteristics of both urban and rural functional classification systems is important to ensure that existing and future land uses coincide with the roadway purpose, roadway access, geometrics, and design compatibility. The formal process of determining urban and rural functional classification is outlined in the Federal Highway dministration s (FH Manual, Highway Concepts, Criteria and Procedures, 2013 Edition. This set of guidelines is commonly used by MnDOT and Minnesota counties as a comparison tool. These guidelines provide ranges of system mileage for the urban and rural functional classification systems. Guidelines are helpful to ensure that mobility, access, and alignment of routes are balanced. Table 2-5 summarizes the current tearns County functional classification system for rural areas and non-metropolitan cities by mileage and compliance with the FH standards. Table 2-6 and Table 2-7 present the existing county functionally classified mileage within the t. Cloud Metropolitan Planning rea. Table 2-5: tearns County Existing Rural (Does not include mileage within the t. Cloud Metropolitan Planning rea ystem ctual ctual Percent FH ystem Mileage Guidelines (% Deviation Interstate 40 2% 1-3 % Other Freeways & Expressways rterial 68 3% 0-2 % 3-11 % ithin Range Other rterials 0 0% 2-6 % Minor rterial 51 2% 2-6 % ithin Range Major Collector % 8-1 % Minor Collector 24 % 3-15 % % ithin Range Local 1, % % ithin Range Total 2,441 0% ource: FH Guidelines Concepts, Criteria and ystem Characteristics, Table 2-6: tearns County Metropolitan rea s Existing Rural Functional Classification ystem ctual ctual Percent FH ystem Mileage Guidelines (% Deviation Interstate 15 4% 1-3 % Other Freeways & Expressways rterial 14 4% 0-2 % 5-14 % ithin Range Other rterials 2 0% 4 - % Minor rterial 27 7% 7-14 % ithin Range Major Collector 44 11% 3-16 % Minor Collector 27 7% 3-16 % 6-32 % ithin Range Local % % ithin Range Total 34 0% ource: FH Guidelines Concepts, Criteria and ystem Characteristics, tearns County 2-8

5 Table 2-7: tearns County Metropolitan rea s Existing rban Functional Classification ystem rterial ctual ctual Percent Interstate 6 1% 1-3 % Other Freeways & Expressways Other rterials 14 3% 0-2 % 13 3% 4 - % FH (% ystem Mileage Guidelines Deviation 5-14 % ithin Range Minor rterial 60 12% 7-14 % ithin Range Major Collector 48 % 3-16 % Minor Collector 6 1% 3-16 % 6-32 % ithin Range Local % % ithin Range Total 51 0% ource: FH Guidelines Concepts, Criteria and ystem Characteristics, Jurisdictional Classification The objective of efficient road jurisdiction planning is to ensure that the management of each roadway is closely aligned with its function and the jurisdiction best suited to maintain it. The jurisdiction of highways is an important component of the because it defines the regulatory, maintenance, construction, and financial obligations of each governmental unit. The hierarchy of jurisdictional classification is typically established so that higher-volume, regional corridors carrying inter-county traffic are maintained by MnDOT (e.g., interstates and state trunk highways, and intermediate volume corridors with more limited travelsheds (e.g., CHs and county roads are maintained by the County. hile roadways serving local traffic (e.g., Ms/ city streets and township roads are maintained by the individual municipalities or townships. Figure 2-5 summarizes the typical characteristics for each jurisdictional category found within tearns County. From the analysis, it is apparent that the County s rural functional classification system (Table 2-5 is within and consistent with FH guidelines. Both the rural (Table 2-6 and urban (Table 2-7 functional classification systems within the metropolitan area are currently within accepted guidelines. dditionally, it appears the County has the ability to increase roadway mileage for minor arterials (rural and urban and collectors (rural, metropolitan rural, and metropolitan urban in its future system plan, and maintain consistency with FH guidelines. tearns County 2-

6 Figure 2-5: Jurisdictional Classification Characteristics tate ystem tatewide function Mulit-county facilities Regional Connectivity Higher Travel peeds Example: I-5, TH 55, TH 23 ithin the tearns County roadway system, jurisdiction is divided among five entities. Table 2-8 provides a summary by mileage of the current roadway jurisdiction. map of the existing roadway jurisdiction within the County is presented in Figure 2-6. Table 2-8: tearns County Jurisdictional Roadway ummary Jurisdictional Classification ystem Mileage County Road ystem Regional connectivity Moderate traffic volumes Connect urban and outlying rural areas Paved or gravel routes Example: CH 22, CH, CH 2 City Routes hort segments with small travelsheds erve local land access needs Moderate traffic volumes Limited continuity with rural areas tate ystem County ystem Interstate Highway 61 Highway 26 7% tate Highway 157 County tate id Highway 642 County Road 324 2% Township Road 1,443 43% City or Other % Total 3,354 0% Township Limited travelsheds Lack of continuity Low traffic volumes Provide access to adjacent property tearns County 2-

7 Figure 2-6: tearns County Existing Jurisdictional Classification estport P o p e!b HLEY RYMOND Norway Brooten 1 est nion NORTH FORK Middle CRO LKE K 18 CENTRE GETTY LKE 13 GEORGE 11 2 CRO RIVER Florida Crow 1 Belgrade Long Nest w Mud auk MELROE 64 LKE HENRY 13 GROVE PRING HILL pring Green Meire Grove Greenwald Hill MILLOOD 36 aint Rosa OK T. MRTIN ZION Regal Calhoun Grey Eagle 168 Birch PYNEVILLE Paynesville 34 Koronis 3 LBNY 41 KRIN EDEN LKE 40 FRMING 42 aint Martin Richmond MNON 123 psala auk Centre Á K a n d i y o h i w w Elrosa London ¼ picer Ø T o d d Melrose Ä Henry Á Munich Freeport Ä!b ± aint nthony ¼ 162 lbany 43 Eden Valley 154 Elmdale M o r r i s o n» 156 Holdingford 54 punk HOLDING VON COLLEGEVILLE Fish KEFIELD von Cold pring LXEMBRG Clear M e e k e r Bowlus atkins BROCKY 131 T. ENDEL 75 T. JOEPH ½ Grand Royalton MINE PRIRIE 2 Pearl Kimball aint tephen aint Joseph Rockville ² 141 m LE K 137 ² Francis 1 artell aite Park outh Haven ylvia Little Rock aint Cloud auk Rapids!b 75 aint ugusta FIR HVEN 44 ¾ m LYNDEN Ø nnandale r i g h t B e n t o n ¼ h e r b u r n e ½ Cedar ugar Mink Maple tearns County 2040 ² GX Figure 2-6 Existing Roadway Jurisdiction Interstate Highway.. Highway tate Highway County tate id Highway County Road Local Road (City or Township Railroads Municipal reas PO Boundary ROD YMBOL!b Interstate tate Highway County tate id Highway County Road 0 5 [ tearns County 2-11