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collector street system improved accessibility to higher intensity residential.areas and activity centers while minimizing impacts to natural areas. They also serve as a transportation conduit allowing the free movement of not only automobiles. but also bicyclists and pedestrians. In order to be sure the recommended collector street network '`makes sense" a simple methodology was applied using land use intensity (rather than use) and street spacing as a means to communicate the preferred block structure for each respective character area within the study area. Simply stated, as land use intensity increases, street spacing should decrease. The various categories of proposed future land use intensities expressed in the preferred land use plan resulted. in a refined collector street block structure for the following residential land use categories: very low density, low density, and medium density. Collector street planning was: not applied in the rural preservation districts given their extremely low densities. The following spacing standards where applied to the study area during the planning charrette: Block shcrehue(ofthe foiioa9FlrJ tasictarrtist ia~usa categories: verykwdeasAp,fairrfegsity,.and rtie(r1Ufi1 C1F3f1aIPf. Land Use Intensi Street S acin Very Low Density <2:du/acre 3,000-6,000 Low Density 2 to 4 1 500-3,000 du/acre , Medium Dens >4 du/acre 750-1,500 The benefits of an interconnected sweet system include: • Reduced travel on major arterials • Reduced travel times withouttravel speed increases • Increased access opportunities for emergency response vehicles • Local trips on local streets • More :opportunities for non-vehicular connections (See Figure 7, Transportation Facilities map)