• Open 240 across 18; Witte Rd could be the main street.
• Add east-west traffic connections.
• Open 216 connections to Cherokee Bay.
• Consider a monorail on Maple Valley Highway for transit.
• Install roundabouts instead of signalized intersections for reduced congestion and increased aesthetics.
• Improve trail access from residential areas.
• Roads need sidewalks, at least on one side.
• Add bicycle lanes to roads.
• Keep 169 two lanes with sidewalks and bike paths.
• Provide a shuttle service for local trips.
• Build a turn lane into Cherokee Bay
• Improve access between residential subdivisions to reduce traffic congestion on main highways.
• Build a public transit stop at Four Corners, Wilderness Village

Communities have several choices regarding the type of transportation system that they develop. These can be summarized as follows:

1. A car-based system that forces most trips to be taken in cars.
2. An enhanced car-based system that includes walkways, trails, paths, and bike lanes to enable some trips to be made by walking and bicycling as well as by car.
3. A fully multi-modal system that includes walking, bicycling, and transit, as well as cars and trucks.

A car-based system has never been implemented successfully in any city. This form of transportation system does not provide service to about one third of our population (the young, the economically and physically disadvantaged, and seniors). The multi-modal transportation system is becoming more prominent in this country with a growing number of communities adding transit systems.

The basic and most critical element of a transportation system is the type of road network used. There are two distinct types of road networks. Each has different impacts on the number and types of trips that are generated within a community.

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