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• Intersection Controls: This action will make minor changes to existing controls, including conversion ofBroadway/Charnelton from three-way (all-way) stop ~_ - control to four-way (all-way) stop control. • :Roadway Lighting: This action proposes no changes in roadway lighting. However, as a part of the City Library project, some changes to roadway lighting are being done. • Access Control: No direct driveway or approach changes are a part of this action. (b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission or their successors. • The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) has been adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission as the standard for all roadways in Oregon. • No standards, limitations or rules promulgated by the Oregon Transportation Commission or Oregon Public Utility Commission conflict with this proposed action. (c) Other recognized traffic control standards. • All signing, signals and markings will comply with Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards. (d) The city's adopted transportation-related plans and policies. The Eugene Local Street Plan, August of 1996, contains planning principles that define and describe local streets, including: • Principle 4 on page 5 states that "Local streets should be interconnected to reduce travel distance, promote the use of alternative modes,'provide for efficient provision of utilities and emergency services, and provide for more even dispersal of traffic. " While the street network affected by the actions in this order are interconnected, their one-way operation can increase travel distance, be detrimental to efficient • provision of emergency. services, and disperse traffic demand unevenly, all of which are contrary to this planning principle. Two-way streets serve to increase connectivity.