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.
Service Item Id: 46e6d63b729a4072b0574aa19c87276e
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.
Description: The County Council has idenfitied 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. See a map of urban road code areas.Rural Road: a road segment located in a rural policy area as defined in the County Growth Policy; andSuburban Road: a road segment located elsewhere in the County.