Transportation Flashcards
Serve major centers of metropolitan areas, provide a high degree of mobility and can also provide mobility through rural areas.
Major Arterial
Service for trips of moderate length, serve smaller geographic areas, and offer connectivity to the higher system. Interconnect and augment the system, provide intra-community continuity and may carry local bus routes.
Minor Arterial
Gathering traffic from lower roads and funneling them to the the higher road network.
Collector
Not intended for use in long distance travel, except at the origin or destination end of the trip. Provides direct access to abutting land
Local Road
Provides a network of limited access, divided highways offering high levels of mobility while linking the major urban areas.
Interstates
“Links & Nodes” calculation. This analysis ultimately addresses traffic congestion and travel patterns in a community.
Connectivity Index