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City of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT 11. TRANSPORTATION Goal: 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 goal, the following policies are proposed: 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 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 Encourages transportation methods that are less dependent on motor vehicles such as walkino biking, and transit o Maintain the existing transportation infrastructure to protect the existing investments, increase efficiency, and delay the need for improvement or expansion. Where necessary, expandthe City's transportation system to meet current and future transportation needs. 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 Work with developers to construct needed improvements prior to development. o Work to manage traffic in residential neighborhoods to not overburden any particular City street. 11.1 Introduction The transportation system in the City of Arden Hills is largely established, made up of metropolitan freeways and highways, County roads, and City streets. Except for the proposed TCAAP redevelopment, the City's transportation system is not likely to see major changes in the next 10 to 20 years. The fact that the network is established, however, does not diminish the importance of continually monitoripg the system to ensure that it performs adequately. As such, whether an existing roadway is proposed for upgrading or a land use change is proposed on a DRAFT 75 5/1/2008 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering Deleted: #,Work to improve and expand the City's transportation system as necessaryto meet current and future transportation needs.¶ Preserve and in Formatted: foliated + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.75' + Tab after: P' + Indent at: P' Deleted: ¶ Deleted: <#>Encourages alternate and/or integrated transportation methods that are less dependent on motor vehicles such as walking, biking, and transit as alternate transportation methods. ¶ Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial, 10 Fit Formatted: Font: (Default) Aria[, 10 Pt