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6) Adopt a street connectivity index (for the remaining <br />larger undeveloped areas) to ensure there are <br />adequate street connections in a neighborhood and EXAMP112 Vbdif�d f. —i .�b <br />to improve directness of routes. The purpose of (16 ln<�I� I roces 1 ,4�) <br />connectivity requirements would be to create <br />multiple, alternate routes for automobiles and — 4 — 4 <br />create more route options for people on foot and <br />bicycles. The connectivity ratio would be identified <br />in the development regulations and would be based <br />* <br />on existing subdivisions in La Porte. Features of the <br />ordinance should include: <br />a. An appropriate connectivity index (e.g., street <br />links divided by street nodes). I <br />b. Requirements for connecting local and collector L — — — — — — — — I L — — — L — — — — I <br />Nurber = Link Ncde <br />streets to adjacent developments to ensure a <br />minimum level of external connectivity. <br />c. Requirements to establish pedestrian routes <br />between land uses. This is particularly <br />important where natural features or other <br />constraints make it impractical to connect streets. <br />d. Provisions to discourage cut-through traff ic and speeding. (see inset) <br />7) Coordinate with the county as necessary to conduct signal warrant <br />studies to determine if signals are needed at the below specified <br />intersections. Indicative of a rural area, Lomax has long lengths of <br />roadway and limited connectivity. As such, the terminus of each of these <br />roadways segments could warrant the need for a signal now, or in the <br />future as infill development/redevelopment continues. <br />a. North P Street and Sens Road; <br />b. North L Street and Sens Road; <br />c. North Avenue H and Sens Road; and, <br />d. North Avenue H and Underwood Road. <br />8) Coordinate With the county to request signal timing studies to be done <br />on Fairmont Parkway and Spencer Highway. <br />9) Periodically conduct signal warrant studies as area travel volumes <br />increase With new development and as truck traffic increases due to the <br />Panama Canal expansion and regional growth. In areas that are already <br />managed by traffic signals (e.g., and the new signal at 16 1h Street was <br />identified as having existing signal timing problems), signal timing should <br />be reviewed, particularly in congested areas, to determine if timed traffic <br />signals are appropriate relative to the volume and peaks in traffic flow. <br />Adjustments should be made to traffic signals so they are timed <br />accordingly. Pedestrian- and bicycle-actuated traffic signals should be <br />8 Truck volumes are expected to grow by 77 percent by 2035 along the major trade <br />corridors serving the Houston-Galveston area's port and waterway system. H-GAC <br />Regional Goods Movement Study— Final Report. Dec. 2011. <br />N <br />A COMMUN ITY VI S ION FOR LA PO RTE, TEXAS - 2010 U P DATE <br />