How a regional Commission is pushing it agenda on Cobb Citizens
LOWER ROSWELL ROAD HISTORY
These are some excerpts from below:
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Due to the accelerated timeline requested by ARC, the Cobb County plan was submitted as a “skeletal plan,” intended to be refined and amended later. The plan’s goals were to establish biking and walking as essential.
.....prepared to meet the requirements of the Intermodal SurfaceTransportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991.
And MOST alarming:
Objectives from (Comprehensive Transportation Plan) CTP: Increase mixed-use developments that optimize both the use of land and transportation resources.
• Increase greenspace set-asides within new developments and increase greenways.
• Increase higher density and mixed-use development along major transportation corridors.
• Increase transportation facilities that will encourage mixed-use developments.
e.5 Traffic calming was also identified as a benefit of a proposed narrowing of the vehicular travel lanes to 11 feet, which could “provide a less comfortable driving experience at higher rates of speed,”6 with the remaining pavement given over to a “bicycle friendly shoulder.” Recommendations also include a 12-foot wide shared-use path through the corridor, intersection improvements such as crosswalk markings, turn lane channelization islands, signal improvements, and ramp improvements. Many of the recommended projects should improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility. Access management not only benefits motorists, but reduces the number of conflict points where turning motorists cross the paths of bicyclists and pedestrians. Enhanced crossing treatments at intersections and channelization islands can be especially helpful for pedestrians attempting to cross such a fast and busy corridor. Well-designed shared-use paths can also enhance mobility for bicyclists and pedestrians. It is a wise strategy to coordinate the median treatment and lane narrowing with the Local Area Road Program (LARP) Resurfacing schedule, as this greatly minimizes the
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