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177 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS The primary outcome of this research effort is the development of a flexible framework to replace the existing functional classification scheme. This new framework will facilitate optimal geometric design solutions that take into account context, user needs, and functions.
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178 The existing functional classification originally was developed to provide a means for selecting roads for federal funding as well as for defining statewide systems that included roads beyond those on the nationally recognized system. Over the years, functional classification has come to assume additional significance beyond its purpose as a framework for identifying the role of a roadway in moving motor vehicles through a network of highways.
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179 importance of pedestrian, bicycle, or transit oriented corridors often leads to designs that identify these uses as secondary to auto oriented travel. Two issues relative to context definition in the existing FCS are the lack of recognition of rural towns and distinctions in urban networks.
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180 3. SUBURBAN: areas with low to medium density, mixed land uses within and among structures (including mixed-use town centers, commercial corridors and residential areas)
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181 among design elements in order to develop contextually appropriate multimodal solutions. The correlation of context, roadway types, and users results in the Expanded FCS matrix.
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182 FUTURE RESEARCH The work completed here also identified areas where additional research is needed to provide answers to the questions that were posed but not addressed due to resource limitations. The following areas of future research are recommended: 1.
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