Legend Item |
Definition |
|---|
| Road Classifications |
| Local |
A residential road that carries up to 1,500 vehicles per day. |
| Collector |
A road that carries 1,500 to 12,500 vehicles per day. |
| Major |
A road that carries 12,500 to 30,000 vehicles per day. |
| Express Way |
A road that carries more than 30,000 vehicles per day. |
| Transportation Utility Corridor |
The undeveloped land bordering the ring road that is reserved for existing or future utilities. |
| Future Arterial Road |
A planned express way. |
| Future Ring Road |
Refers to Stoney Trail and Highway 22X. |
| Transportation Infrastructure and Roads |
| Development Access Roads |
Roads designed to access new subdivisions or other development areas. |
| Arterial Roadway Construction |
A road that carries 20,000 plus vehicles per day. |
| Inner City Transportation Project |
Plans for traffic management measures and streetscape designs to improve safety on inner city streets. |
| Top Lift Paving |
The final surface layer of asphalt applied on new roads. |
| Lane Paving |
Paving of gravelled back lanes as part of Roads' Local Improvements program. |
| Sound Attenuation Fencing |
Type of fence installed between a residential area and a road to reduce the amount of traffic noise. |
| Transportation Planning Projects |
| Traffic Optimization |
Routes planned specifically to improve the efficiency of transportation throughout the city. |
| Bikeways |
Lanes or pathways designed specifically for cyclists. |
| Traffic Calming |
Installation of measures for slower, safer traffic, such as speed bumps. |
| Pedestrian Overpasses and Bridges |
| Structure Projects (Bridge) |
Either the rehabilitation of a current bridge or the construction of new bridge. |
| Roads Maintenance Projects |
| Asphalt Surface Overlay |
Standard repaving of City roads. |
| Traffic Signal Projects |
| New Traffic Signals and Pedestrian Corridors |
Traffic signals refers to traffic lights; pedestrian corridors refer to pedestrian crossing lights. |
