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Street Types
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Type 1: Expressway/highway
- Examples: (75-85)
- Major access and through highway
- It is depressed and has a canyon-like effect, suggestion to plant creeping vines for greenery
Type 2: Access and frontage roads
- Examples: Williams and Techwood
- Primarily auto dominant with 2 or more lanes with no parking on sides
- No sidewalks but do need extensive landscaping and lighting
- Buildings fronting roadway should be mixed-use
- Parking decks with appropriate space on top for large-scale signage and greenery
Type 3: Boulevards
- Examples: 14th, 10th, Ponce de Leon, North Ave., Ralph McGill, and Bedford Pl.
- Major pedestrian and vehicle connector
- Divided be planted/landscaped median
- 60-70 foot right-of-way
- 2-way traffic with parking on both sides
- Wide pedestrian realms 8 feet to 20 feet with intense streetscaping and landscaping
- Minimum number of curb cuts
- Power, cable, and telephone lines underground or relocated
Type 4a: Signature streets
- Examples: Peachtree, Juniper, Piedmont, 14th from Peachtree and Piedmont, 5th from Techwood to W. Peachtree, Ralph McGill
- 50 foot right of way
- 2-way traffic with parking on both sides and two or more lanes in each direction
- Important "image streets," sidewalks of 20 feet with most intense streetscaping and landscaping
- Minimum number of curb cuts
- Major pedestrian and vehicle connector
Type 4b: Signature streets
- Examples: W. Peachtree and Spring
- One-way traffic with parking on both sides
- Pedestrian realms minimum of 12-20 feet sidewalk with intense streetscaping and landscaping
Type 5: Primary streets
- Examples: Ponce de Leon from Peachtree to Spring, 5th Street from W. Peachtree to Piedmont, 8th Street from Williams to Peachtree
- 30-40 feet between curbs
- 2-way traffic with one or two lanes each way with parallel parking on both sides
- Wide sidewalks of 15 feet with intense landscaping and streetscaping
- Major pedestrian and vehicle connector
Type 6: Secondary streets
- 25-30 feet between curbs
- 2-way traffic
- Sidewalks are 8-15 feet with intense landscaping and streetscaping
Type 7: Lanes
- Less than 24 feet between curbs
- 2-way traffic with parking on both sides or not at all
- Narrow sidewalks with intense landscaping and streetscaping
Type 8a: Commercial alley
- Examples: Spring, W. Peachtree, 14th, 10th and Ponce de Leon
- 12-18 feet between curbs
- Minimum building lot depth 100 feet
- Access to parking lots, garages, and decks
Type 8b: Residential alley
- 8-12 feet between curbs
- Gateways: 16 of them are recommended
- Special consideration to 14th, 10th, 5th and North Ave. bridges
- Pass through vertical elements like banners
- Flagpoles with height in proportion to width of street (1:3 or 1:4), directly across from each other, 2-3 feet from curb
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