1999 Eugene Arterial & Collector Street Plan

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Collector Streets Collector streets can be found in residential, commer- cial and industrial areas. The primary function of the collector is to assemble traffic from the interior of the areas and deliver it to the closest perimeter arterial street. Collectors typically must deal with overflow parking which cannot be accommodated on nearby local streets. There are frequently moi•e,pedestrians using collector streets than use local streets; this necessitates an adequate sidewalk and greater separa- tion from traffic than is found on a local street. The collector should be designed to standards intermediate between the local streets and arterial streets and its appearance should convey this meaning. and are usually narrower than major collectors. Major collectors typically have striped bike lanes while bicycles may share the travel lane with other vehicles on neighborhood collectors. Major collec- tors are often designed with continuous left turn lanes or medians while neighborhood collectors have them only infrequently. In most other respects, design elements found on major and neighborhood collectors"are very similar. Figure 39 contains a summary of the typical range of widths for Major Collector street rights-of-way, travel lanes, sidewalks, planting strips, and bike lanes. Collector Street 5ubclassi~ications There are two classifications of collector streets in Eugene: major collectors and neighborhood collec- tors. Major collectors serve all types of development and typically have wider right-of-way and paving widths than do neighborhood collectors. Neighbor- hood collectors are found only in residential areas Figure 3 g i ROW * Curb to Setback Planting Bike Typical Type of Street i Width Curb Width Sidewalks Strip Medians Lanes ADT ** i 2@5' 2@8'to 2Cc35' 2,500 to Major Collector i 60' to 75' 32' to 44' Minimum 9'-6" (Varies) Varies Minimum 7,500 * Right-of-Way "" Average Daily Traffic ~ 00