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Existing Streets in Older <br />Developed Areas <br />In many areas surrounding downtown, streets were <br />often platted within a 66' right-of-way. These <br />streets typically have mature canopy trees. planted <br />within wide planting strips along the full length of <br />the street; the trees and planting strips help define <br />the character of the street and are highly valued by <br />residents of these streets. They generally have <br />separate parking lanes adjacent to the planting <br />strips; in many areas on-street parking fulfills a <br />critical parking need where off-street parking is at a <br />premium. Some of these streets have on-street <br />bicycle lanes; others do not. While most are <br />designed for two-way circulation, some are de- <br />signed for one way traffic flow. This section pro- <br />vides several design options that may be used when <br />older streets are being improved, or where bicycle <br />lanes are proposed on these streets. <br />One option would apply to existing streets in older <br />neighborhoods around downtown. This option <br />would apply to streets that might be reconstructed <br />at some future time, but where no design changes <br />or other improvements are anticipated. Those <br />streets contain two travel lanes 10 - 11 feet in <br />width, with two 7' wide on-street parking lanes, <br />and setback sidewalks with 9 to 10 foot planting <br />strips on both sides. This option would be applied <br />to the vast majority of streets in the older neighbor- <br />hoods. (See Figure 52) <br />Another option would apply to existing streets <br />where on-street bike lanes are to be added based <br />on the adopted TransPlan project list, and which <br />necessitate some rearrangement or removal of <br />existing on-street parking. These streets would <br />include two travel lanes 10-11' in width, one 7' <br />i ~ • • Figure 5 2 <br />• ~ <br />,\_ \ ; <br />•' - 0 _ •. <br />d <br />10'-11' 10'-11' <br />T Vehicle Lanes T <br />9'-10' Parking Parking 9'-10' <br />6 Planting Planting 6 <br />5idewalk* Strip** Strip** Sidewalk* <br />34'-36' <br />Curb to Curb <br />66' <br />Right-of-Way <br />`Setback sidewalk dimension includes 5' paved sidewalk and 1' reserve strip behind the walk <br />•* Planting strip dimension includes 6" curb <br />~~0 <br />