Proposed revisions to the Greensboro urban area thoroughfare plan, April, 1977

              ADOPTION OF A THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS OFTEN
MISTAKEN TO IMPLY IMMEDIATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, PORTIONS OF A THOROUGHFARE PLAN ARE GENERALLY NOT ADVANCED
TO THE PROJECT STAGE UNTIL SUPPORTED BY
NEED OR IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Thoroughfare or Systems Planning is the long range
(20 year) planning of a safe and efficient highway
network taking into consideration all the modes of
transportation and other elements of the environment.
Project Planning is the short range (1-7 year)
development of specific projects through the stages of
location, design, and construction.
Purpose of Thoroughfare Planning
To provide orderly development of an adequate major
transportation system as our city grows.
To reduce travel time and costs while increasing
travel safety.
To identify carefully corridors of land which could be
used for future highways in order to minimize
community disruption and to reduce the costs of
right-of-way acquisition.
To develop a plan which involves and informs
citizens of the positive and negative aspects of future
proposed highways.
To minimize environmental disruption.
Plan Assumptions
A projection that by 1995, 8% of Greensboro's
population will travel by bus as compared to a present
1.5% use of transit.
Continued need for transportation to travel to work,
to shop and for recreation. Also, the need of
transportation for the movement of goods and
services.
The Greensboro area will continue to grow as
indicated by population and employment statistics.
Urban Population
Employees
1970
1975
1995
185,395
196,800
279,100
72,203
89,382
156,641*
Thoroughfare Planning Must Keep Pace.
Consider for a moment the number of factors which
are subject to change in developing a thoroughfare
plan. (1) Land development patterns may alter
dramatically based on water and sewer availability or
on new large employment or shopping centers. (2)
Economic trends may slow down or accelerate. (3)
Present energy availability is unpredictable; however,
advanced technology may offer new energy sources,
greater efficiencies, and new methods of travel.
Realizing the design year for a thoroughfare plan is 20
years away, transportation planners use three levels of
review to ensure that the plan is up-to-date.
1. Annual surveillance - Data is collected and
analyzed regarding population, land use, zoning,
building permits, traffic volume, auto occupancy,
traffic accidents, changes in street systems, and
transit and air travel.
2. Five Year Plan Review - a middle level of review
based on trends from annual surveillance. It
requires new projections of future growth and a
reevaluation of computer models used to predict
travel patterns.
3. Ten Year Plan Reevaluation - A complete
reevaluation of the thoroughfare plan.
The staff extends its appreciation to the many citizens
who participated in the following meetings and
assisted in reaching workable solutions.
Identification of Projected Deficiencies And
Request For Alternative Solutions:
June18,1975
July 9,1975
August 14,1975
August 18,1975
September 4,1975
October 13,1975
October 14,1975
October 20, 1975
October 21,1975
December 9,1975
Assuming a favorable economy
City Planning Board
County Planning Board
City Council
County Commissioners
Guilford County
Environmental Committee
Public Hearing at Page
High School
Public Hearing at Grimsley
High School
Public Hearing at Smith
High School
Public Hearing at Dudley
High School
Public Hearing at City
Council Chambers
Consideration of
Junel,1976
July 15,1976
August 2,1976
September 15,1976
October 12,1976
October 18,1976
October 19,1976
October 20,1976
October 21,1976
November 16,1976
November 24,1976
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Alternatives
City and County Planning
Boards
City Council
County Commissioners
Public Hearing at Library
Freeman Mill Road
Corridor Public Hearing
Public Hearing at Peck
Elementary School
Public Hearing at Claxton
Elementary School
Public Hearing at Guilford
Elementary School
Public Hearing at Dudley
High School
Mayor's neighborhood
meeting in Glenwood
City Council Resolution
regarding Freeman Mill
Road, Bragg Street and
Aycock Street
Proposed Final Plan
April 4, 1977
April 27,1977
May, 1977
City and County Planning
Boards
Public Hearing at Coliseum
Final hearings will be
scheduled for consideration by the Planning
Boards and for adoption of
the recommended plan by
City Council and the
County Commissioners.
GREENSBORO PUBLIC UBRARY
For additional information, please call the City
Transportation Planner at 373-2144. This brochure has
been prepared by the Greensboro Department of
Planning and Community Development; and financed
in part from Section 112 Planning Funds of the Federal
Aid Highway Act of 1973.