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<br />TRANSPORTATION ~ CIRCULATION
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<br />I<e",o,cn "ndenalysis for thEo Shook', Rv" study O,e ",,,,t "may quontified
<br />and interp,eted for phy,ir.'ll f<l<:ro" , histhe",fcctars-tron:portalion,
<br />faci!itie" housing conditions, cd'etic., pork I""d<, etc, ~ Ih"te,e mo,t
<br />easily noticed by the public ot lorge and Ihot, con'equently, drow atte,,-
<br />liOl'1loShook'sRunas,,,,oreaofconcern.
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<br />Thecirculatia" -transportolionoottem, in the Shook's Run Orea are 0
<br />,llJdyincontrast,,,,,dconflicts. Thebosicloyouloftheoreoisofairly
<br />,tondatdgridpaltern of local res:dcntiol 'treetswilh certain idiolyncracim,
<br />most of which occur beca"se of Shook's Ru" itself or because af the Alchison,
<br />Topekoond Santo Fe Railroad line which opproximotely porallelSlhe llreom
<br />channel through Ihe enlire areo, Thegridpolternreflectltheltereotypical
<br />thinking of early Americ"" town develcpe".
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<br />Some of th65e fodon ore indeed crilicol problems and/or t:-em""dous
<br />aSlets. At wor~t, they ore the mo,t easily oddress.,.d and mo,l poinlellly
<br />corrlOcled af a neighborhood,' negot've characte,istics ~ generally, money
<br />is thc primary \olution, At be,t, they cOn do a great deal to estobiish Ihe
<br />relotive"livobilily"ofanorea.
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<br />In 011 fairne$l, thegridpottem illlheShook'sRunareadOOSprovideex-
<br />cellenl v"hicula, access directly 10 and from virluolly all points In Ihe
<br />sludyorea.
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<br />Those phy,icol foclors felt tab..ofgreotest pertinence ore exolored below,
<br />In reviewing this portion of the Interim Reporl, it i. .Iroo'gly 'recommend..d
<br />tnot th.. r..oder ketlp in mind Ihemiligotingpo..ibility Ihal physico I prob~
<br />lem, moy merely be symptomatic of deeper ilis_ If Ihat i, the cose, physical
<br />,alut,on, may a"uagethe comcience, of the svbvrbonil.., ond bureoucra"
<br />ond politlcon, while Ihe neighborhood, in fOCI, collopse,behi"" a fresn
<br />coot 01 point.
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<br />Given Ihe e"entiolly local, low~volume, low..,peed character of most
<br />slreets, pede,trion circulaHOI1 within the,llJdy areo is, For the most port,
<br />quile direct ,,!.o. However, the potential ovlo-pedestrion conflict is
<br />omnip'e,entond certainly mu,t be considered on u"de.irobl.. element of the
<br />circulation system,
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<br />Where the grid pottem philosophy br..aksdown II In il$insen.itivitytothe
<br />hierarchy of circulation requir..menls. The speed, volume, continuity of
<br />flow ondthe mode of travel are 011 significantly effected by the purpase
<br />of the trip; whether a lrip is a cross-Iawnwark ttip aro lei,urely wolk to
<br />the COrner ,tore 1.0' consideroble 6eoring on th.. Iyp.e of trOl'1sportot ion,er-
<br />vice that should be provided ond II,,, inhibiting influences thot will be
<br />lale,otedbylheu.er. The Shook',Runoreo ile'peciolly susceptible to
<br />thi, shorlcoming because of ils proximity to the downtown activity center
<br />of Colorado Springs. The Shook's Run oreo lie, directly in Ih.. pall, of
<br />ed'"mely large volume, of auto traffic polling between th.. easterly, high
<br />growlh ""identinl a'e<I' of Colorado Spring, and Ihe downtown an.d we,t
<br />side employment centers. Addin!! these 10 less eosily defined Irlp genero~
<br />tion factors (e,g. Ent Air Fo'ce ~ase p..rsonnelliving On Ihe City's west
<br />"de) the Colorodo Spring, Metro,JolilOn Area T,ansportolion Slucly (CSMATS)
<br />h",proiecled On averogedaily tripgenerotion of in exc.." of 127,000 co rs
<br />r>e' day! .."sl ond we,t 'f...,,'-'Sn 're Sho~k', Ru~ ,,,ec by 199(', which, b,'
<br />odopted stnndords, tron,lole. to over 25 lone, of eost-we,1 moio' thorough~
<br />fare',
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<br />In addition, thewe,terly portion of the sludyorea irsituoledsomlobe
<br />,ub:,-ct 10" ~ro:ee'"d over"se dcily tramc volum~ in ex""", of 55,000
<br />""hi<:;l.. trip, in 0 norfh..,outh di,-ection thrnugh iI, ~ntife length from
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