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1996 - 2001 CIRCULATION GOALS

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The goals of the circulation plan are intended to facilitate mobility for people who live and/or work in Princeton and to service the kind of development which the master plan encourages. The plan distributes through traffic to higher capacity transportation facilities on the periphery of town. Much of the projected increase in traffic for Princeton is due to the extensive development occurring in surrounding communities as well as statewide traffic patterns.

I. Goals that require coordination with the State, with Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset Counties, and with surrounding local communities.

A. Regional Traffic Coordination

1. Provide leadership in promoting regional traffic coordination in State, County, and municipal road projects.

B. Regional Traffic Distribution Goal

1. Promote a peripheral road system which will distribute traffic over several smaller two-lane roadways rather than creating larger four-lane roads.

C. Regional Land Use Goal

1. Balance land use with the capacity of the circulation system to ensure that proposed land uses will not overload the circulation system.

D. Interstate/Interregional Traffic Goal

1. Develop strategies to reduce interstate/interregional truck and automobile traffic in the area through the development of by-passes, especially ones with direct links to the turnpike.

E. Information Goal

1. Develop traffic data on employment and commuting patterns to evaluate circulation impacts from existing and new development.

2. Develop information on traffic management plans and policies.

II. Goals that require coordination with transportation providers.

A. Public Transit Goal

1. Encourage the further development, extension, and use of both public and private mass transit.

B. Specialized Transit Service Goal

1. Encourage the development of various specialized transit services to the elderly, disabled, and other transportation dependent persons.

2. Investigate the possibility of coordinating or integrating school children transportation services with other transportation services to better serve the transportation needs of the community.

3. Coordinate private transportation services such as taxis, shuttles, valet, and other services.

C. Transit Availability and Information Goal

1. Provide better information on available transit service using print and electronic media.

III. Goals within our control.

A. Environmental Goal

1. Protect and improve the visual, historic, and human-scale qualities of Princeton's roadways, bridges, culverts, and other transportation facilities.

B. Pedestrian/Bicycle Mobility Goal

1. Provide a pedestrian and bicycle path network for maximum recreational and circulation use between neighborhoods, recreational areas, schools, and shopping areas.

2. Encourage the enforcement of pedestrian safety in signed and marked pedestrian zones and crosswalks.

C. Local Circulation Goal

1. Create by-passes and a peripheral road system which will distribute the through traffic over several smaller two-lane roadways.

2. Improve parking opportunities for mass transit facilities.

3. Encourage the development of parking facilities and the coordination of shared parking facilities in appropriate areas of local business districts.

Princeton Regional Planning Board Master Plan Index