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<br />TA!lLE A
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<br />THCROUGHFA~ES PROPOSED FOR SHOOK'S RUN STUDY AREA
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<br />Caramilla Street 10 Founlain Creek. This 'ranllote, loot lea,' eleven
<br />lanes 01 ".....oior" quality streel wi1.~ 0 north-saulh orientation Ihrough
<br />the Shook" Runoreo.
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<br />Streel
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<br />'!hHClty ha'onadnp1ed Mojor Trnff;c Thoroughfa"l System nndi'portjci-
<br />potin" in CSMATS which j, currently endeuvoring 10 ravump the much
<br />maligned "1990 Tronsporlc:tlon Plan." Both plum, olcurrenlly delineoted,
<br />exhibit app,oximolely Ihe ,ome imp'Jd On .he Shook'~ Run ,tudy areo; Ihol
<br />;s 0 high concentrdionolmoiornorth-.authslreel,alonglhewest'1rly por-
<br />tion of the oreo ond 0 somewhat <lrra~ic'poc;ng of maior emt--west ,'r'1eh
<br />Ihroughou' the area (,,,e Tabl.. A nndmop p.6).
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<br />Proposed
<br />C~MATS 1990 pion
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<br />SanMigueIStr.....
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<br />Uin~oh Slreel
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<br />The i'SUe of circulation hierarchy relalive to c'1ntral Colorado Springs is 0
<br />function of Itreet continuily. Noeoll-west slreel In the City ho.a smoolh,
<br />continuous flow pelHem from 11,'1 east lide, Ihrough the downtown and out
<br />10 Ihe wesl side! Concomitanlly, becau.e of Ihe grid slreet poltern, mony
<br />slreeh hove npprox;.....ately the lame degree of continuily. The ~omb;ned
<br />effect of relntivdy poor continvily and vntkr-improved slreel ,e~tlonl on
<br />Ihe "major" slreels ond relolively good ~C'nr;nuity on "Io~ol" slreets is
<br />Ihot Iraffic patterns thrwgh the c..nlrol Colorodo Springl 'lrea, ;n~!uding
<br />Ihe Shook', Rvn ~tudy aree, are ;i1~defined rcwlting in exc'1s,ive troHk
<br />on local ,ervice ,'reet., restricted flo..... and volvme 00 major ,'r..cts, and
<br />confusi"" over whkh Slreelsore, infoct, inlendedlo belhnrouahfares.
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<br />Cache La Poudre St.
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<br />BoulderStre,,1
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<br />PlotteAvenue
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<br />Pikel Peak Avenue
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<br />Founta:nB""levard
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<br />In Ihe ShO<'k'l Run ar..a Ihe effect has b"",n porollel ""'ojor" .Ircet, within
<br />On.. talhre" blocks of "ad olh"r, lawit: Bould", Streel, Platte Avenue
<br />and Pike, Peak Avenue and Nevada Avenu.., Wohsntch Avenue and EI
<br />Paso Streells"e mOo r.6). Ullimnlely,sonc;no mnjar Ihoroughfares '0
<br />CIOll' togl'tner tends to have nd..I"~,,, ,ou,,,ffed on ~he liv"bil;ly of on areo
<br />due 10 exce"i"..ly high troffic volumes very close on o' leosl two <ide, of
<br />Ihe home< and the ossocialed problem, of cOr'lcenlroled noi,,,, congellion,
<br />p"de,trion-autoconflicl, ond polklion. Whe:'lan "reo decline, in l;vob;lhy
<br />o shilt OCc"rs from pride nf nwne",hip 10 0 desire to get "",; mointenonce
<br />suffe" when 'elident.no longer".." themsel",., in 0 .Ioble, Inno-term
<br />sihJolion;onddeterioral;onnflhenrenislJcceleraled.
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<br />Fauntoin-GimarrOl'l
<br />dicgun"lconneclor
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<br />La, Vego. $t.eel
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<br />Urmcrmed str..e'
<br />enmll"IIQ Los
<br />Vego.Stree!
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<br />Nevada Ave"ue
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<br />P~.J~_..'~~ ~'__..I_.:_~._ ~~d ,,"t.'~ ,cO C~_~L'. ,_,~ _..,~v ~-~_ -, .-, '..-'.,d
<br />~...~....u,' ~"W'''''~'' ,y~" "....... .,,~ ~"u~",.~" o'~_, y'yy , , _., y _
<br />"orli!"" quite direct but fraught with oulo confljcl ond Ihe oulomobil" il 0;
<br />course Ihe bone of 'h" pede,'rion Th.. mo<t des;rabl.. .;Iuoli"" for pedes-
<br />t,ianl is One wh,-.::n "llows (lcces< '0 shopping, schools, porks, ond simila,
<br />,,'rvi<:.., Iho~ i" a. "..",-I}' n< p"",ble, complelely "'fl"'ot<" onJ peolected
<br />from the (lwt""obll". Nowhrre ir- the ShoC'k's Run ,Iudy ,,,,,,,doe. this occur.
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<br />Woh,olchAvenue
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<br />EI Po.n St. (con~
<br />.i.,u;tyodo:led)
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<br />Hancuck Avenu"
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<br />We,tbo"nd li"e olone-
<br />way couple!
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<br />EnllOOundlinkcfone-
<br />way couplet
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<br />Minororteriol
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<br />Weslbovnd linke ofone~
<br />woy cnupl~t
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<br />Eastbound linkolo"e-
<br />woy cauplet
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<br />Maiororteriol
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<br />ExpresswoyeastofEI
<br />PasaS!.;Minororleriol
<br />wesl of EI Paso St.
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<br />Expressway
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<br />Major "rledol
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<br />Minorort..iol
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<br />MCliormtuial
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<br />Minor arterial
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<br />Minorarte,i,,1
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<br />..;)-
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<br />StoluS
<br />Cily of Colorado Springl
<br />cnmmitted Mojo, Troffic
<br />Thoroughfare Sy,tem
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<br />Minorcrlerial
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<br />Minora"erial
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<br />'Ncltboundlineolone-
<br />way couplet
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<br />Easlbound line of one~
<br />way couplet
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<br />Major arterial
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<br />Ma;orarterlc!
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<br />Expressway
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<br />Minocorl..riol
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<br />Minororlerial
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<br />Majora"erial
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<br />Mojorarterlol
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<br />Mlnornrterinl
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<br />Minera.-t..riel ~orlh of
<br />~ounl"i" Blvd.; Meior
<br />n"",;olsovlhofFoC'r>lorn
<br />Blvd.
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