Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The Master Plan of Highways (MPOHT) is an amalgamation of updates to the transportation network specified in each area, sector, and functional plan throughout the county.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>A log of updates is included below.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>1/23/2018</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The following transportation elements of master plans have been incorporated into this GIS layer:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>White Flint 2 (December 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Area Minor Master Plan (December 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Rock Spring (December 2017)</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>6/30/2017</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The following transportation elements of master plans have been incorporated into this GIS layer:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Bethesda Downtown Plan (approved and adopted May 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan (approved and adopted March 2017)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>PlanWestbard (approved and adopted July 2016)</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>8/24/2016</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Roadway network elements of area plans between 2009 and May 2016 have been incorporated.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Notation for state highways has been added to appropriate road segments.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Roadway extents are now accurately reflected in geography.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Master planned roadways that were constructed have been updated from "planned" to "built."</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Inconsistencies with spelling and abbreviations have been resolved.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>New Hampshire Avenue bus rapid transit corrirdor has been added.</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Symbology:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>New symbology has been introduced for clarity, particularly for transitways and for HOV lanes. Additionally, segments proposed for removal from the MPOH are symbolized in black.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: The County Council has identified each area of the County as urban, suburban, or rural for road code purposes:Urban Road: a road segment in or abutting a Metro Station Policy Area, Town Center Policy Area, or other urban area expressly identified in a Council resolution.Rural Road: a road segment located in a rural policy area as defined in the County Growth Policy; Suburban Road: a road segment located elsewhere in the CountyUpdates:5/16/2019: Added the urban road code boundary along Veirs Mill Rd form Havard Street to Bushy Drive per the Veirs Mill Corridor Master Plan approved by County Coucil on 4/23/2019.1/24/2018: Expanded the White Flint urban road code boundary per the adopted recomendations of the White Flint 2 Master Plan adopted by Council on 12/05/2018.8/17/2017 : Added the Lyttonsville and Woodside Purple Line Station Urban Road Code areas per the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan approved by County Council on 2/7/17. 8/27/2018: Added the Burtonsville, Cabin Branch, and Chevy Chase Lake Urban Road Code areas. Expanded the Kensington, Piney Branch (Flower/Arliss), Great Seneca Science Corridor, Langley Crossroads and Germantown Urban Road Code areas. Both additions and expansions were part of the Technical Update to the Master Plan of Highways and Transitways adopted by County Council on July 24, 2018.
Description: When people bicycle on roadways, they encounter varying levels of stress from traffic. A quiet residential street with a 25-mile-per-hour speed limit is considered a very low-stress environment for cyclists. But a six-lane suburban highway with a 40-mile-per-hour speed limit represents a high-stress environment for cyclists who must share the roadway with traffic. As a result, fewer people are likely to bicycle on the highway. Level of traffic stress (LTS) is an approach that quantifies the amount of discomfort that people feel when they bicycle close to traffic.
Copyright Text: Montgomery County Planning Department - Functional Planning & Policy
Description: BPPA is a defined geographical area where the enhancement of bicycle and pedestrian traffic and safety is a priority. The County has 28 BPPAs spread throughout our commercial and residential areas. However, the Council identified five priority BPPAs to start working on immediately; they are Glenmont, Grosvenor, Silver Spring CBD, Veirs Mill/Randolph, and Wheaton CBD.