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PLANNING PRINCIPLES <br /> FOR LAYOUT AND DESIGN OF LOCAL STREETS <br /> The complete network of local streets is planned incrementally through the review and approval <br /> of individual subdivisions. City staff must make decisions on the location and design of future <br /> streets with each request for approval of a new subdivision. Typically, these decisions must be <br /> made without a comprehensive understanding of how those streets will connect with other future <br /> streets or how they should connect with the existing street system. This approach leaves city <br /> staff, developers and local residents unsure about how the completed local street system in any <br /> given area will work. <br /> The following planning principles were used in the development of the Eugene Local Street Plan <br /> and are the foundation for recommended code and policy changes. The principles are also <br /> intended to guide City of Eugene staff in making street planning decisions when reviewing <br /> development proposals. Discussion of these principles and recommendations for their <br /> implementation are included in the following section on Street Pattern and Design. <br /> The order in which the planning principles are listed are not intended to imply an order of <br /> importance. <br /> 1. Streets should be designed to efficiently and safely accommodate emergency fire <br /> and medical service vehicles. <br /> 2. Local streets should be designed to function safely, while minimizing the need for <br /> extensive traffic regulations, control devices, and enforcement. <br /> 3. New streets should be designed to meet the needs of pedestrians and encourage <br /> walking as a transportation mode. <br /> 4. Local streets should be interconnected to provide for efficient provision of utility <br /> services and to provide for more even dispersal of traffic. <br /> 5. The local street circulation pattern should provide connections to and from activity <br /> centers such as schools, commercial areas, parks, employment centers, and other <br /> majoreattractors. <br /> 6. Local street design should be responsive to topography and other natural features. <br /> 7. The pavement area of local streets should be minimized, consistent with efforts to <br /> reduce street construction and maintenance costs, stormwater runoff, and <br /> environmental impacts of street construction. <br /> 5 <br />