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of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFr 11. TRANSPORTATION Vision: Provide a transportation system that has convenient and effective multi- modal connections within Arden Hills and to adjacent municipalities, the remainder of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and greater Minnesota. To achieve this transportation vision, the following goals are proposed: o Create/provide a safe, cost effective, and efficient transportation system that is adequate for car, transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and truck transportation for the movement of people and goods and services in the community. o Work to improve and expand the existing transportation system as necessary to meet current and future transportation needs. o Approach transportation in a comprehensive manner by giving attention to all travel modes and related facilities, linking transit and land use and by combining or concentrating various land use activities to reduce the need for transportation facilities. o Coordinate transportation plans with adjacent communities and the County, State, and Federal governments to assure system continuity, determine priorities, increase safety, and to efficiently use resources and reduce congestion o Work to manage traffic in residential neighborhoods to not overburden any particular City street. o Preserve and maintain the existing transportation infrastructure to protect the existing significant investment, to increase its efficiency, and delay the need for improvement or expansion, utilizing the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and Pavement Management Program (PMP). c Consider the use of flexible street design standards when reconstructing roadways in parts of the City with unique topographical or environmental features. o Continue to work with the County and State elected and appointed officials to include County road reconstruction projects to address needed reconstruction and potential trails along the roadways when improved. o Encourages alternate and/or integrated transportation methods that are less dependent on motor vehicles such as walking, biking, and transit as alternate transportation methods. c Create or encourage a transportation system that contributes to the economic vitality of the community by connecting people to work, shopping, schools, and other activity generators/attractions and supports growth of commercial and industrial uses. o Develop standards to increase the safety of pedestrian crossings throughout the City. DRAFT 52 2/22/2008