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M�T�RIZED VEHICL$ TRANBPORTATION Goal: Roseville should continue to maintain and imprave its network of residential streets. They should be well marked, weli maintained in all seasons, and des3gned with r�sident input. Street standards should be flexible to provide for residential differences. Truck traffic should be carefully controlled and limited to specific commercial areas. Roseville should monitor the State and County highway system within the community to be sure that it is well maintained, attractive, sa��, and provides gaod access to our own commercial and business arEas without intruding into our residential areas. NOTE: One faet of vehicular transportatian is that much of its nature is determined by forces over which the City of Roseville exercises limited contro�. The major routes are state highways passing through Roseville with the majority of the traffic volumes generated outsid� our city. The State regulates the design and operation of these highways. Vehicles and drivers are licensed by the state. The only contro3 the city can exercise is through the enforcement of local traffic laws. Motor vehicle sizes and characteristics, inclnding those for trucks, vans, and buses, are determined by Federal and State regulation. Strategies: Work with state and county agencies on plans for improvement of highways 35W, 36, and Snel.ling Avenue which include appropriate access points, limited expansion, beautification, and reforestation projects together with sound barriers where needed Limit freeway access in residential areas Control truck access to residential areas Request accommodations for pedestrian and bike traffic aver or under major freeways and/or highways Design and redo residential streets with considerable resident input and city flexibility Review the safety issues of surmountable versus barrier curbing on City residential streets Provide an option for dark concrete curbing on residential streets Direct the location and development of businesses generating significant large truck traffic to existing freeway access points Maintain smooth street surfaces, including appropriate elevation of manholes and shut-off valves Promote home work programs (telecommuting) and flex-time sch�duling Install all utilities, and possibly an extra conduit for fiber optics, along residential streets during street improvement projects. Identify, evaluate, and correct problems of congestion in high traffic areas and problems in recurrent accident sites Require that garbage trucks be equipped with tertiary wheels Participate in Ramsey County's plan for the "Functional Consolidation of Roadways" . Explore the use of a�ternative fuels for city vehicles -6-