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STREET PATTERN AND DESIGN DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Street Connections Applicable Planning Principles: * Streets should be designed to efficiently and safely accommodate emergency fire and medical service vehicles. * The layout of a local street system should not create excessive travel lengths * The function of the local street should be readily apparent to the user through its appearance and design. * Local streets should be interconnected to provide for efficient provision of utility services and to provide for more even dispersal of traffic. * New streets should be designed to meet the needs of pedestrians and encourage walking as a transportation mode. * The local street circulation pattern should provide connections to and from activity centers such as schools, commercial areas, parks, employment centers, and other major attractors. * Local street design should be responsive to topography and other natural features. * Local circulation systems and land development patterns should not detract from the efficiency of adjacent collector or arterial streets. The local street system should be designed for a relatively uniform low volume of traffic; i.e., provide for optimum dispersal. Collectors, however, should be designed to accommodate peak periods of demand * Streets identified as future transit routes should be designed to safely and efficiently accommodate transit vehicles, thus encouraging the use of public transit as a transportation mode. f Discussion: In January, 1995, the Eugene City Council adopted code amendments to require subdivisions and planned unit developments to provide a second access to any development consisting of 20 or more lots. The amendments were presented as a "stop -gap" measure with the understanding that secondary access issues would be more thoroughly reviewed in the Eugene Local Street Plan. The "stop -gap" secondary access provisions were generated, in part, by Council concerns about 7