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AT LANTA AREA 900 GLENN BUILDING TRANSPORTATION MEMO TO: TELEPHONE ATLANTA , GEORGIA 3 0303 August 6, 1969 STU DY 522 - 7 577 JER RY A. COURSEY . TRANSPOR TATI ON PLANNING COOR DINATOR TCC Members Agency Member Atlanta Clayton County Clayton Municipalities Cobb County Cobb Municipalities DeKalb County DeKalb M~nicipalities Fulton County Fulton Municipalities Gwinnett County Gw i n nett Muni c i pal i ti es Atlanta Transit System MARTA State Highway Department ARMPC Collier Gladin Tom Hawkins William E. Bennett Joe Sims Don t~h i te Arthur A. Mendonsa Robert Roseveare Turner McDonald Undesignated Clarence Higginbotham Bill Fortune Bill Nix Earl Nelson Leland S. Veal J . D. \~i n g f i e l d , J r . FROM: Jerry A. Coursey Transportation Planning Coordinator SU BJECT: Revie w of 11 Atlanta Area Transportatio n Study Recommende d Re g i o n a l Hi g h way P l a n 11 Enclosed is a copy of the 1'Atlanta Ar ea Transportation Study Recommended Re g ional Hi g hway Plan , 11 drafted by the State Hi ghw ay Depart ment , s ho wi n g : l. 2. 3. 4. 5. Exis ting f r ee ways . Fr ee wa ys p r oposed for construction by 19 83. Fr ee ways pr oposed fo r r ight - of -way acquisi ti on by 1983. Art e ria l str eets (e xisting a n d/o r p r o posed f o r i mpr ove men t or cons tr uction by 1 983 ) . Coll e ct o r str e e t s (e xistin g a nd/o r p r o pos e d for impr o vement o r con s t ruc t i on · by 1 983 ) . �As you recall, the AATS consultant primarily focused his attention on the evaluation of freeway and express transit alternatives in developing his recommended plan. In the Summary of HighlightsRecommended Transportation Program, the consultant says 11 The arterial and collector street system included in the highway recommendations is fundamentally that developed by the AATS staff following analysis of earlier forecasts of highway travel and review with area planning and traffic eng i neering staffs. This system represents a general plan indicating the approximate locations and scope of the arterial-collector system. It will require further study and refinement as the final freeway and transit routes are determined and as future development occurs. The traffic operations study procedures advocated by the U. S. Department of Transportation (TOPICS) will be useful in this work. A development and improvement pr ogram of major proportions is required and it will require a major financial underta king. " You are asked to review the enclosed map with two separate and distinct objectives: FIRST : The arterial and collector system is intended to be essentially the same as that contained in Test Netwo r k 80 3 which was developed jointly by the AATS staff and the TCC membe r s during 1967. Each county's TCC member or alternate has a colo r -coded copy of Networ k 803 showing the a r terial and collector system. You are requested to carefully compare the enclosed map with this earlier version ( 80 3 ) to identify copying errors . The first objective is to produce a correct copy of the recommended plan . Please notify me of any errors prior to Au gust 15 so that I can assemble the comments and transmit them to the State Higpway Department for co rr ection of the o ri ginal . SECO ND: You are as ked to aga i n revie w the map (as co rr ec te d) to i dentify any su r face streets which mi ght wa rr an t r ev i s i on either i n functional classif ic a t ion (h i ghe r o r l owe r ) o r number of lanes ( mor e or less) . As yo u kn ow as pa r t of a new cons ul t ant contract , i t is i nt ended t h a t t he f i nal r ecommended plan soon r ece i ve traffi c fo r ecasts f o r des i gn pur pos e s . The AA TS s taf f wo uld again li ke the benef i t of y our a dv i ce in its rev ie w of t he ar te ria l and collec t o r s y s te m pri o r t o use by the c onsu l tant i n this f in al phase of the current AATS work pr og ram . The AATS sta ff intends th a t the recommended pla n should refl e ct t he local gov e rnm e nt s plans to the maximum extent pos s ibl e , consistent with overall AATS r e gional system planning criteria . Th e - 2 - 1 �second objective of this review is to provide the AATS staff and consultant with current local technical staff s u gg es ti on s ab o u t po s s i b l e a rte r i al an d col l e ct o r re visions in the recommended AATS plan. Please notify me by mail before September 9 of any suggested changes, including appropriate supporting technical materials, so that I can consolidate your technical comments for review by the AATS staff and consultant. These comments sho~ld be separate and distinct from the previously discussed "corrections." TCC members representing municipalities are reminded that they should consult appropriate technical staff persons in each city within their county in carrying out these reviews. Each TCC member is expected to consult all appropriate staff persons within his agency. As you know, the Policy Committee recently authorized a TOPICS study for metropolita n Atlanta (lraffic Qperations !:_"rogram for Increasing Capacity and Safety). The TCC's TOPICS Subcommittee Ts active l y-engaged in developing a proposed planning program. State Highway Department TOPICS guidelines indicate that the approved AATS highway plan will form the basis for the TOPICS study system. This State Highway Department policy adds urgency to the need to reach final technical and policy level agreement on the recommended transportation plan. En Cl OS u re cc : Policy Committee Members TCC Alternate Members - 3 - �