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BACKGROUND The Federal Roadway Classifications are a means of categorizing roadways based on the type of service they are intended to provide. Definitions are as follows: • Interstates, and freeways and expressways provide a high level of mobility with limited entry points. These roadways generally do not provide direct access to abutting land. • Principal and Minor Arterials serve the major activity centers. These streets carry high traffic volumes and provide land access through limited driveways. The arterial roadways carry the majority of trips entering and leaving the urban area. • Collector Roads provide both land access and traffic circulation by collecting traffic from local streets and channeling it into the arterial roadway system. • Local Roadways (both residential and commercial) provide maximum access to the abutting land through frequent driveways, and provide access to the higher level roadway system of collectors and arterials. Caltrans is responsible for maintaining the roadway functional classification for California. Incorporated cities are responsible for initiating changes to the functional classification of city streets. A resolution of the City Council is required by Caltrans and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to initiate any changes in the classification map. The California Vehicle Code (40802) specifies that any "non - local" roadway identified on the map can be enforced by radar only if the speed limit is justified by an Engineering and Traffic Survey. Local roadways are exempt from this requirement and may be posted as 25 mph and enforced by radar. There are several streets within Pleasanton that are local roadways but are identified as collector roads or greater on the map (Identified in Table 1). Changing the classification of these roads to local roads would allow for radar speed enforcement of the 25 mph speed limit. Discussion The roadways being reduced to a local roadway classification are currently posted at 25 mph and are shown in Table 1. Page 2 of 4