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City of Roseville Pathway Master Plan <br />• The aging resident stability indicates that Roseville is a desirable place to live and <br />most are staying in the community. <br />The data indicates that seniors and empty nesters occupy most of the households. <br />These demographics define the need for the creation of a pathway network that allows <br />seniors the means to exercise and make short utilitarian trips. <br />The fact that the city is nearly developed also indicates that pathway construction and <br />location will be somewhat restricted due to previously defined corridors and limited <br />space. <br />Land Use <br />Roseville is virtually 100% developed. Origins, destinations and travel routes are well <br />established. Understanding and defining land use is critical to pathways development <br />in that these destination points are where people want to walk or bike - areas such as, <br />major civic buildings, recreational and cultural facilities and shopping areas. See <br />Attachment 1 for Existing Land Use Map. <br />Transportation System <br />With Roseville being completely developed, the transportation system and travel <br />routes are well established. Because of its proximity to the core cities and its age, <br />Roseville's development patterns have been mainly a continuation of the core grid. <br />The major through traffic corridors that carry the bulk of the vehicles are laid out with <br />half -mile spacing. These arterial roads are designed to carry the majority of the traffic <br />and do it quite well. For the same reasons they also serve well as corridors for non - <br />motorized transportation, providing commuter cyclists with an efficient means to their <br />destination be itwork, school or the store. But in the past they had not been designed <br />to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic thus making most of them dangerous <br />for such travel due to the domination of vehicular traffic. <br />1) Roadways (See Attachment 2 for Roadway Functional Classification Map) <br />a) MNDOT: Major high volume roads, including Snelling, Interstate 35W, and <br />Highway 36. <br />b) County: High volume roads that make up the 1/2 mile roadway grid pattern <br />in Roseville. <br />c) City: Lower volume neighborhood streets and collectors. <br />2) Transit (See Attachment 3 for Transit Service Map) Ninety percent of the City's <br />population lives within a 1/2 mile of a bus route. Here is a brief description of <br />the transit system that serves Roseville: <br />a) Transit Centers: Rosedale & Little Canada (Rice Street at Little Canada Road) <br />b) Park and Rides: Roseville Skating Center, Grace Church, & 1-35W and County <br />Road C <br />c) High -Frequency bus service: The A -Line provides bus rapid transit (BRT) high - <br />frequency service every 15 minutes or better along Snelling Avenue from the <br />Page 12 <br />