Transportation System Plan 2018-2038

Medford · Page 384 of 398 · Adopted 2018-12-06

H-11Minor Collector Minor collectors run through neighborhoods, linking reside ntial traffic local on local streets with higher classification collector and arterial roadways. In contrast to major collectors, which provide a greater degree of mobility compared to land access, minor collector streets place a greater emphasis on direct land access compared to through traffic movement. The proposed minor collector street cross-section has one 11-foot travel lane, one 5-foot bicycle lane, and one 7-foot parking lane in each direction. This str eet classification would also a 5-foot sidewalk in each direction with 8-foot planter strips on both sides, or 7-foot sidewalks on both sides without planter strips. Total paved width between the curbs is 46 feet within a 72-foot ROW. Rationale for Reclassification Streets proposed to be reclassified from collector to minor collector include: • • • • Stevens Street from Crater Lake to Wabash Avenue Edwards Street from Court Street to Riverside Avenue Oakdale Avenue from Stewart Avenue to Garfield Street Holmes Avenue from Oakdale Avenue to Holly Street Three local streets are proposed for reclassification as minor collectors: • Pearl Street from Stevens Street to Oregon St reet and Oregon/Inverness Street from Stevens Street to Sunrise Avenue : Reclassification of these two streets would provide a continuous collector street route from the current collector str eet terminus on Stevens Street at Pearl Street to the intersection of Inverness Street with Sunrise Avenue (which is also currently classified as a collector street). This reclassification comple tes a missing connectivity link in the collector street system. • Barneburg Street from Main Street to Jackson Street : Classification of this street as a minor collector acknowledges its current functional u se and fills a system gap between the major collector that ends on the south side of the Barneburg Road/Main Street intersection and the major collector that begins on the north side of the Jackson Street/Sunrise Avenue intersection. Current and projected traffic volumes along this st reet are consistent with this classification. Standard Residential Standard residential streets provide access to adjacent residential land and also connect collectors with minor residential streets. No changes are proposed to the City’s existing Standard Residential street design standards that are illustrated in Table H-3. Because the designation of standard residential streets is adequately set forth in the City’s Land Deve lopment Code (and is de pendent upon the number of dwelling units proposed in a land development applicati on that will be served by the street), illustration of proposed standard residential streets in the TSP is not appropriate. Accordingly, these streets are not reflected in Figure 5-2. Existing standard residential streets are illustrated in Figure 3-1.
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