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22 3.2.4 A - Avenue 4-Lane, Parallel Parking

The Four-lane Avenue provides a good level of mobility for all street users, and is a preferred street type for urban contexts where transit vehicles and cyclists are part of the traffic mix. Medians provide refuge for crossing pedestrians. For more pedestrian-intensive contexts, the width of the Streetscape may be expanded. Curb parking provides vehicular access to adjoining land uses and buffers pedestrians from moving traffic. Sidewalks are required on both sides of the street. Four- lane Avenues are conducive to use of GSI practices including street trees in grated wells, curbside bioretention and/or bioretention in curb extensions/bump-outs, and bioretention in medians. Permeable pavement may be desirable within on-street parking areas and for sidewalks. This cross-section features four or six general travel lanes, bike lanes, and buffered sidewalks on both sides of the street. Due to the emphasis on through vehicle mobility, it is not conducive to on- street parking; however, the outside general travel and bike lane could be reconfigured to be a transit / bike / right-turn only lane if warranted by context and placed within the multimodal transportation network. Four- and Six-lane Divided are conducive to use of GSI practices including street trees in grated wells, curbside bioretention and/or bioretention in curb extensions/bump- outs, and bioretention in medians. Permeable pavement may be desirable within on-street parking areas and for sidewalks. A Multi-Way Boulevard is used to provide a high level of both access and mobility. These boulevards consist of general travel lanes separated from side accessways with raised center and side medians, which contain landscape features, transit shelters, or other items. On-street parking is placed within accessways, either in parallel or angled fashion. Bicyclists are expected to use accessway lanes rather than general travel lanes for mobility. Sidewalks are required on both sides of the street. Multi-Way Boulevards are conducive to use of GSI practices including street trees in grated wells, curbside bioretention and/or bioretention in curb extensions/bump-outs, and bioretention in medians. Permeable pavement may be desirable within on-street parking areas and for sidewalks. Industrial Streets are conducive to use of GSI practices including curbside bioretention, bioretention in curb extensions/bump-outs, and permeable pavement for sidewalks.

23 3.2.4 B - Avenue 4-Lane and 6- Lane, Divided

24 3.2.4 C - Multi-Way Boulevard, Parallel or Angular Parking

26 3.2.5 A - Industrial Street