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COPY- NCDO7 <br />elements are classified according to the specific function which <br />they are to perform. A discussion of the elements and functions <br />of the two systems follows. <br />Urban Thoroughfare C"gsification Z jeM <br />In the urban thoroughfare plan, elements are classified as <br />either local access streets, minor thoroughfares or major <br />thoroughfares. Local accgas s X -Q= which may be further <br />classified as rpsidentia _C0_MMerc_iaJ. or <br />designed only to provide access to abutting streets are <br />thoroughfares are more important streets in heurban system and <br />are designed to collect traffic from local access streets and <br />carry it to the major thoroughfare system. They may also serve <br />abutting property and serve some minor through traffic movements. <br />The major thoroughfares are the primary traffic arteries of the <br />urban area providing for traffic movements within, around, and <br />through the area. <br />Due to the limited amount of detail that can be shown on a <br />county thoroughfare plan, generally only urban major thoroughfares <br />are shown. A coordinated system of major thoroughfares which is <br />most adaptable to desire lines of travel within an urban area and <br />reflected in most urban area thoroughfare plans is the radial -loop <br />System. The radial -loop system includes w <br />lops. and bypgsses. Radial thorough -fares provide for travel <br />from points outside to major destinations inside the urban area. <br />Crosstowns thoroughfares provide for traffic movements across the <br />central area and around the central business area (CBD). Loop <br />thoroughfares provide for lateral travel movements between <br />suburban areas. Bypasses are designed to carry non local traffic <br />around or through the area. Occasionally a bypass with low <br />through traffic volumes can be designed to function as a portion <br />of an urban loop. The radial -loop major thoroughfare system <br />concept and concept of functionally classified urban street system <br />are illustrated in Figure 2. <br />The rural system consists of those facilities outside the <br />urban thoroughfare planning area boundaries. They are classified <br />into four major systems: principal arterials, minor arterials, <br />major and minor collector roads, and local roads. Table 1 <br />indicates generally accepted statewide mileage on these systems. <br />6 <br />