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~T ^>k IV < a Z 3 «A «/»" 111 z >- -J < a O oe 2 (/> z ■II 111 O ANNUAL REPORT 1976 GREENSBORO URBAN AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY PURPOSE-HISTORY-HIGHLIGHTS OF 1976 PURPOSE - Inasmuch as transportation is an integral and important part of our everyday lives—traveling to work, shopping, recreation or church—this annual report is intended to inform local residents of transportation planning activities in the Greensboro urban area. This report contains information regarding area development, the thoroughfare plan, public transit and airport operations for calendar year 1976. HISTORY • In compliance with United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) guidelines, the City of Greensboro since 1965 has conducted a continuing, comprehensive transportation planning process responsive to the needs and changing conditions of the Greensboro urban area. The City's first Thoroughfare Plan was developed in 1954 by Professor W.F. Babocck and formed the basis for much of today's well functioning highway network. Revisions to the plan are made as required or every 10 years as part of plan reevaluation. Transit service has been provided since 1929 when the City granted a 50-year franchise to the North Carolina Public Utilities Company, in 1931, Duke Power Company purchased the Xranchis* Iron) the former holders and has since provided bus service in Greensboro. Major airport service has been provided since 1942 by the Greensboro-High Point Airport Authoritythrough facilities at Friendship Airport. 1976 HIGHLIGHTS - The following are major planning tasks accomplished or initiated in 1976: (1) Alternatives to the Thoroughfare Plan were evaluated and presented at several public hearings. Community concerns were directed at the environmental issues surrounding proposed Bragg Street and Benjamin Parkway Extension. (2) Completion of the Greensboro Mass Transit Study. Subsequent negotiations between the City and Duke Power Company are underway and will result in the submittal of an application for federal funding assistance to improve transit service. (3) Cooperation at the local and federal levels made possible the incorporation of the Greensboro Agency Transportation Express (GATE) which by late Spring, 1977 will be providing specialized transportation service to the handicapped and elderly. (4) The City was' awarded a grant from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to promote carpooling and to examine the feasibility of shuttle service between fringe parking lots and the campuses of UNC-G and A & T State University. (5) The North Carolina Department of Transportation sponsored a corridor public hearing and realsed the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Freeman Mill Road Project. Responding to concerns that Freeman Mill Road, Loyett-Aycock Streets, and proposed Bragg Street would isolate and adversely affect the Glenwood community, a recommendation was made to reduce the design of proposed Bragg Street and Loyett-Aycock Streets, while maintaining Freemap Mill Road as a planned expressway. TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CURRENT MEMBERSHIP) E.S. MELVIN, MAYOR, CITY OF GREENSBORO VVoTOS.M. WoSSSkUM, i^.,MAYO^eRO TEMPORE, CITY QF GREENSBORO GASTON D. FAISON, CHAIRMAN, GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING NCDOT T.J. MORAWSKI, DIVISION ENGINEER, FHWA TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE ♦Charles E. Mortimore, Director of Planning and Community Development, City of Greensboro Ted Waters, Planning and Research Engineer, NCDOT Mike Dawkins, Director of Traffic and Transportation, City of Greensboro John Fox, Director of Public Works, City of Greensboro Jim Laumann, Transportation Planner, City of Greensboro John Hampton, Director, Guilford County Planning Department M.R. Poole, Thoroughfare Planning Engineer, NCDOT John Watkins, Division Engineer, NCDOT Larry Goode, Coordinator, NCDOT Betty Miller, Division of Mass Transit, NCDOT Carl Loop, Regional Planning Director, Piedmont Triad Council of Governments William H. Linn, Superintendent of Transportation, Duke Power Company J.E. Sims, Division Superintendent, Southern . Railway Company Roger Sekadlo, Executive Director, Greensboro High Point Airport Authority *Joe Stevens, Assistant Planning and Research Engineer, FHWA ♦Alice Kidder, Acting Director, A & T State University Transportation Institute, Greensboro Russ Keeney, Project Manager, Greensboro Agency Transportation Express, (GATE) ♦Richard Van Sciver, Greensboro Planning Board ♦Robert Fomberg, Guilford County Planning Board *I.I. Varon, District Engineer, FHWA ♦Advisory Members (non-voting) ♦♦Chairman PUBLICATION OF THIS REPORT IS ACCORDING TO TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE; THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED; AND THE AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1970 WHICH REQUIRE "A CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE MULTI MODEL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS CARRIED ON COOPERATIVELY BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS." ■ *-. ' • THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION PREPARED BY GREENSBORO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY . DEVELOPMENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE decades, transportation planning has very specialized and interdisciplinary In recent become a science requiring the expertise and cooperation of traffic engineers, civil engineers, transportation planners and private transportation operators. The ultimate goal is to provide each citizen with a choice of transportation modes that are safe, efficient, and economical. Hopefully, this Annual Report presents an overview of transportation planning efforts in the Greensboro urban area. Specific questions, comments, or requests for information are encouraged and should be addressed to Jim Laumann, Transportation Planner, Department of Planning and Community Development, City of Greensboro, Drawer W-2, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27402. Phone: 373-2144. _U
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Full text | ~T ^>k IV < a Z 3 «A «/»" 111 z >- -J < a O oe 2 (/> z ■II 111 O ANNUAL REPORT 1976 GREENSBORO URBAN AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY PURPOSE-HISTORY-HIGHLIGHTS OF 1976 PURPOSE - Inasmuch as transportation is an integral and important part of our everyday lives—traveling to work, shopping, recreation or church—this annual report is intended to inform local residents of transportation planning activities in the Greensboro urban area. This report contains information regarding area development, the thoroughfare plan, public transit and airport operations for calendar year 1976. HISTORY • In compliance with United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) guidelines, the City of Greensboro since 1965 has conducted a continuing, comprehensive transportation planning process responsive to the needs and changing conditions of the Greensboro urban area. The City's first Thoroughfare Plan was developed in 1954 by Professor W.F. Babocck and formed the basis for much of today's well functioning highway network. Revisions to the plan are made as required or every 10 years as part of plan reevaluation. Transit service has been provided since 1929 when the City granted a 50-year franchise to the North Carolina Public Utilities Company, in 1931, Duke Power Company purchased the Xranchis* Iron) the former holders and has since provided bus service in Greensboro. Major airport service has been provided since 1942 by the Greensboro-High Point Airport Authoritythrough facilities at Friendship Airport. 1976 HIGHLIGHTS - The following are major planning tasks accomplished or initiated in 1976: (1) Alternatives to the Thoroughfare Plan were evaluated and presented at several public hearings. Community concerns were directed at the environmental issues surrounding proposed Bragg Street and Benjamin Parkway Extension. (2) Completion of the Greensboro Mass Transit Study. Subsequent negotiations between the City and Duke Power Company are underway and will result in the submittal of an application for federal funding assistance to improve transit service. (3) Cooperation at the local and federal levels made possible the incorporation of the Greensboro Agency Transportation Express (GATE) which by late Spring, 1977 will be providing specialized transportation service to the handicapped and elderly. (4) The City was' awarded a grant from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to promote carpooling and to examine the feasibility of shuttle service between fringe parking lots and the campuses of UNC-G and A & T State University. (5) The North Carolina Department of Transportation sponsored a corridor public hearing and realsed the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Freeman Mill Road Project. Responding to concerns that Freeman Mill Road, Loyett-Aycock Streets, and proposed Bragg Street would isolate and adversely affect the Glenwood community, a recommendation was made to reduce the design of proposed Bragg Street and Loyett-Aycock Streets, while maintaining Freemap Mill Road as a planned expressway. TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CURRENT MEMBERSHIP) E.S. MELVIN, MAYOR, CITY OF GREENSBORO VVoTOS.M. WoSSSkUM, i^.,MAYO^eRO TEMPORE, CITY QF GREENSBORO GASTON D. FAISON, CHAIRMAN, GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING NCDOT T.J. MORAWSKI, DIVISION ENGINEER, FHWA TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE ♦Charles E. Mortimore, Director of Planning and Community Development, City of Greensboro Ted Waters, Planning and Research Engineer, NCDOT Mike Dawkins, Director of Traffic and Transportation, City of Greensboro John Fox, Director of Public Works, City of Greensboro Jim Laumann, Transportation Planner, City of Greensboro John Hampton, Director, Guilford County Planning Department M.R. Poole, Thoroughfare Planning Engineer, NCDOT John Watkins, Division Engineer, NCDOT Larry Goode, Coordinator, NCDOT Betty Miller, Division of Mass Transit, NCDOT Carl Loop, Regional Planning Director, Piedmont Triad Council of Governments William H. Linn, Superintendent of Transportation, Duke Power Company J.E. Sims, Division Superintendent, Southern . Railway Company Roger Sekadlo, Executive Director, Greensboro High Point Airport Authority *Joe Stevens, Assistant Planning and Research Engineer, FHWA ♦Alice Kidder, Acting Director, A & T State University Transportation Institute, Greensboro Russ Keeney, Project Manager, Greensboro Agency Transportation Express, (GATE) ♦Richard Van Sciver, Greensboro Planning Board ♦Robert Fomberg, Guilford County Planning Board *I.I. Varon, District Engineer, FHWA ♦Advisory Members (non-voting) ♦♦Chairman PUBLICATION OF THIS REPORT IS ACCORDING TO TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE; THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED; AND THE AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1970 WHICH REQUIRE "A CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE MULTI MODEL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS CARRIED ON COOPERATIVELY BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS." ■ *-. ' • THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION PREPARED BY GREENSBORO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY . DEVELOPMENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE decades, transportation planning has very specialized and interdisciplinary In recent become a science requiring the expertise and cooperation of traffic engineers, civil engineers, transportation planners and private transportation operators. The ultimate goal is to provide each citizen with a choice of transportation modes that are safe, efficient, and economical. Hopefully, this Annual Report presents an overview of transportation planning efforts in the Greensboro urban area. Specific questions, comments, or requests for information are encouraged and should be addressed to Jim Laumann, Transportation Planner, Department of Planning and Community Development, City of Greensboro, Drawer W-2, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27402. Phone: 373-2144. _U |