A Transportation Plan for the Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood

Transportation Plan
Goal 1: Pedestrian safety is ensured throughout Greenleaf Terrace.
Initial meetings and subsequent correspondence with residents of Greenleaf Terrace
confirm that pedestrian safety is of paramount importance to most in the neighborhood.
The presence of Walker Elementary school within the neighborhood lends further
credence to concerns for the safe movement of pedestrians.
Objective 1.1: Create a more complete neighborhood sidewalk network
The creation of a complete and connected network of sidewalks throughout Greenleaf
Terrace is a key step toward improving pedestrian safety. The existing neighborhood
system of sidewalks is sporadic. While the perimeter of the neighborhood is served by
sidewalks on Rugby Road, Rugby Avenue and Rose Hill Drive, east-west pedestrian
movement through the neighborhood requires potentially dangerous travel on roadways.
North-south movement through the neighborhood is better facilitated by the sidewalk on
Rose Hill drive; however, a link to Gentry Lane is needed to completely eliminate
pedestrian road use when moving in this direction. The second main north-south route
through the neighborhood, Wellford Road, also lacks a complete sidewalk.
Map 9 shows the recommended sidewalk improvements that are needed to remedy the
current deficiency of pedestrian thoroughfares through Greenleaf Terrace. All streets in
the neighborhood should have a sidewalk on at last one side of the roadway.
A phased approach to the completion of sidewalk installation is recommended, giving
priority to streets on which interactions between vehicular and pedestrian traffic are most
likely; Greenleaf Lane is one such road. Not only is a sidewalk on Greenleaf Lane
essential for the safe north-south flow of pedestrian traffic through the neighborhood; it
also forms a portion of a safe route to Greenleaf Park from the western half of the
neighborhood. The section of Greenleaf Lane from Rose Hill Drive to Del Mar Drive is
of sufficient width to install a sidewalk on the north side of the road if parking is
eliminated on one side of the street. If residents are unwilling to give up street parking,
sufficient right-of-way exists to facilitate sidewalk installation. A small section of
sidewalk already exists on the west side of the section of Del Mar Drive from Oakleaf
Lane to Gentry Lane. This section should be extended south around the corner to the
intersection with Oakleaf Lane using existing right-of-way. A sidewalk should also be
added to the north side of Oakleaf Lane to allow safe pedestrian access to the Crow
Recreation Center at the top of Rose Hill Drive.
Oxford Road is another high priority sidewalk corridor that is necessary to provide a safe
and direct east-west pedestrian route through the lower half of Greenleaf Terrace. Oxford
Road varies in width from 30 feet near its intersection with Rose Hill Drive to about 17
feet closer to Rugby Road. The majority of the road is around 20 feet in width, making
the use of existing right-of-way adjacent to the road edge the most attractive option for