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. Plan land uses to reduce congestion on streets. Major traffic volumes should be channeled onto community collector streets and highways and be discouraged from passing tlu'ough residential areas on local streets. A. Identify, evaluate, and correct problems of congestion in high traffic areas and problems in recurrent accident sites. B. Limit freeway access in residential areas. C. Control truck access to residential areas. . Require that streets be developed according to their function. Pavement width, load capacity, and continuity of the street must recognize the function for which the street is intended. . Maintain high quality neighborhoods through the ongoing pavement management program to reconstruct city streets. . Coordinate all street planning with County, State, and Federal road plans. Work cooperatively with MnDOT and Ramsey County to improve landscaping, screening, lighting and maintenance of through-city roadway systems, especially TH 36. . Create and/ or upgrade the major thoroughfare systems to multiple traffic lanes when warranted by traffic conditions. . Maintain cooperation and liaison with the county and state highway departments to achieve orderly and timely development of existing and proposed vehicular routes serving the City. . Cooperate with and assist the Regional Transit Board to continue to provide adequate transit service to vital areas of the City. . Clearly mark bus stops and provide adequate space for buses to pull out of the moving traffic lane for loading and unloading. Provide adequate pedestrian access to bus stops. . Provide support for the Rosedale transit hub, and the Snelling Avenue Transit Corridor, and examine the feasibility of transit mini-hubs in the Rice Street area and the corner of Lexington and Larpenteur. Roseville Comprehensive Plan - 2003 Update Transportation - Page 2 of 28