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85 Percentile <br />The speed at or below which 85 percent of vehicles surveyed travel. The measurement is one <br />criteria used to set the speed limit on roadways. <br />10 mile per hour pace <br />Speed range representing the speeds of the largest percentage of vehicles in a speed survey. <br />Access <br />The ability to enter and/or exit a property, street or neighborhood. <br />Affected Neighborhood <br />Properties expected to receive the majority of the impacts from an implemented traffic <br />management strategy. <br />Arterial <br />Roadway with emphasis on mobility over land access and connects cities with adjacent <br />communities and the metropolitan highway system. <br />Capacity <br />The maximum number of vehicles that can use a given section of roadway during a given <br />period of time. <br />Collector Street <br />A roadway that connects neighborhoods. Collector streets are shown on the current Road <br />Classification map (Figure 4.10 Appendix D) in the Blaine Transportation Plan. <br />Correctable Crashes <br />Types of crashes which engineers are able to reduce through signal improvements, <br />intersection geometry changes, traffic control devices, and access management techniques. <br />Cut Through Traffic <br />Traffic using local streets to travel between neighborhoods instead of collector street. <br />Diversion <br />Traffic volumes that are moved from one street to another. <br />Impacted Area <br />Area that will receive the majority of the impacts from an implemented traffic management <br />strategy including diversion of traffic volumes. <br />Local Street <br />A roadway that connects blocks within neighborhoods. <br />Transportation Plan <br />Plan adopted by the City of Blaine and used for planning of transportation infrastructure. <br />www.ci.blaine.mn.us/ InsideCitvHall/ PublicServices/ Engineering/ BlaineTransportationPlan <br />BlaineTransportationPlan Home.htm <br />Speed Survey <br />A survey of vehicles performed with radar to determine the speed at which they are traveling. <br />The 85 percentile is determined by a speed survey. <br />State Aid Road <br />A designated roadway (City or County) which receives state funds for maintenance and <br />construction. Additional rules and standard apply to these roadways. <br />Appendix C <br />Glossary of Key Terms <br />