Agenda - 11-25-1985 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

000186 ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN 2.6 TRANSPORTATION — ORANGE COUNTY HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM . . .As the Orange County Land Use plan is concerned primarily with those areas outside the corporate and planning boundaries of urban areas, the flocus of the classification schema is the rural road network. A modified version of the N.C. Highway Functional Classification System was used by the Orange County Planning Department to describe the County's Road network. The system describes pert p of the road network according to the Level of service they are intended to supply based on the factors of access and mobility. Th 6 classification of roads reflects the integration of road types in providing transportation service throughout the County . The classification scheme used describes roads according to the following catlegories: Interstate, arterial, minor arterial, collector, su6collector and local. The Interstate and arterial highways provide the best service (shortest travel times) to and from important employment, shopping, educational and population centers. They are characterized by relatively high travel speeds with minimum interference to through movement. Collector roads provide areas with access to the iaajor road system. gutatilsgtoaccsAs_ o ab tin. . . , er ' -s and . 1.s. onna no: o.ds wit co t. . r arterial roads!, Local roads are least important in terms of traffic movement, but provide the greatest service in terms of Land area, in aggregate proiriding Large Land areas with access to more important roads. In term of total. road miles, local roads will account for the largest proportion of road miles in the County given the Large land areas they serve, white arterials will account for the smallest proportion . The classification of roads in Orange County is presented on the following page and on the Orange County Highway Classification System Map which follows this section . I Highway Functional Classification : Concepts: Criteria and Procedures U.S. Departm nt of Transportation: Federal. Highway Administration . July 1974.