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will be necessary for the approval process and will help address the issue of <br />displacement/diversion to other local streets. <br />• Implementation strategies will be limited to those local streets where the 85% speed <br />exceeds 5 mph above the posted speed limit or where other traffic impacts affecting the <br />livability of the neighborhood exists <br />• Implementation of traffic management strategies will be in accordance with the <br />procedures set forth in this document, and in keeping with sound engineering practices, <br />as well as be within the city's available financial and staff resources. <br />• Implementation of any devices will be consistent with the guidelines in the Minnesota <br />Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. <br />• Initial deployments are considered temporary for study purposes and subject to an <br />interim review by City staff prior to permanent installation. <br />3.0 Traffic Management Background 4416 <br />The United States has used street closures and traffic diverters dating back to the late 1940s <br />and early 1950s, but it was not until the 1970s that Seattle, Washington completed area -wide <br />demonstrations of traffic management strategies. Since then, traffic management has been <br />continually studied and implemented throughout the United States. Strategies include street <br />closures, traffic diverters, speed humps /bumps, signing, increased enforcement and many <br />others, but they all are implemented to accomplish one of the following: <br />Modify driver behavior (reduce speed) <br />Modify traffic characteristics (reduce volume) <br />Improve safety (pedestrian and bicyclists) <br />Traffic management can be simplified as a two step process: (1) identify the nature and extent <br />of traffic - related problems on a given street or area and (2) select and implement the proper <br />strategy for reducing the identified problem. The traffic management strategies discussed in <br />this document are solutions to a narrowly defined set of problems and are not universally <br />applicable or effective at solving all problems. The wrong traffic management strategy used in <br />the wrong application will not improve conditions - it will only increase City costs and may even <br />make conditions worse. <br />Since not all strategies are appropriate for every problem the City has developed a process to <br />identify the appropriate solutions. The process includes identifying the problem, evaluating <br />potential strategies, and implementing appropriate measures while including public participation <br />and governmental approval. This process is summarized in Section 4. <br />The process and strategies included in this document are intended to be used on streets <br />classified as local residential streets to reduce speeds and volumes. (Streets within the City of <br />Roseville are classified based on definitions from the Metropolitan Council defined in Appendix <br />C of the Roseville Transportation Plan. The current Road Classification Map, Figure 4.10 from <br />the Roseville Transportation Plan, identifies street classifications within the City of Roseville — <br />see Appendix D.) By definition arterials and collector roadways are intended to have higher <br />speeds and accommodate higher volumes; therefore it would be against the function of arterials <br />or collectors to implement traffic management strategies. These roadways are intended to <br />operate efficiently with high volumes and speed. When arterials and collectors are operating <br />2 <br />
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