Automobiles
A well planned road system is an important key to any intermodal transportation and improves a community's livability and quality of life.
Functional Road Classification
One of the ways the Metropolitan Planning Office plans roadways is to work in association with the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration in developing a classification system for roadways. These classes of roads depend upon the function they serve - for example, streets which collect traffic from residential areas and go to larger roads are usually designated collectors. A Functional Classification System is developed to categorize the different types of roads dependent on the amount of traffic they serve - from neighborhood streets to interstate highways.
Download the Functional Classification Maps for both the City of Lawrence and Douglas County below.
Traffic Demand Modeling
The traffic-demand model is utilized by planners to forecast where traffic demand will occur and where deficiencies will develop in the future. The Lawrence Traffic Demand Model takes into account current and future traffic counts, population, employment and land use. This component is essential to the revision and completion of the Long-Range Transportation Plan, Transportation 2025.
Click below to find out more about modeling.
- Transportation 2025: Phase II Assumptions - Population, Employment and Traffic Demand Modeling
Committed Surface Transportation Improvements
The following is a list containing committed road, intersection and street improvements in Lawrence and Douglas County. A committed project is a transportation related improvement which has been planned for and money has been allocated or is expected to be allocated for. These projects are either ongoing or soon-to-be constructed projects throughout the Lawrence community and Douglas County.
- Committed Projects - Lawrence and Douglas County
Announcements
- BAC meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of every month at Fire Station #5 (5:30pm)
