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Chapter 4 - San Marcos Tomorrow Thoroughfare Plan I Collectors Collector streets provide for a balance of traffic movement and property access. Traffic movement is often internal to localized areas, with collectors connecting residential neighborhoods with the arterial system. As compared to arterial streets, collectors accommodate smaller traffic volumes over shorter distances. Collector streets are the connectors between arterials and local streets that serve to collect traffic and distribute it to the arterial network. Collectors also serve to provide direct access to a wide variety of residential, commercial, and other land uses. They provide service to neighborhoods and other local areas, and may border or traverse neighborhood boundaries. To provide efficient traffic circulation and preserve amenities of neighborhoods, collectors should desirably be spaced at about one-quarter to one-half mile intervals. ThoroURhfare Plan Map I The map on the following page shows the Thoroughfare Plan Map, which includes both existing roads (solid lines) and proposed future roads (dashed lines). The map also shows the functional classification of each road. For proposed future roads the map is intended to show conceptual corridors rather than exact alignments. The exact location of these future roads will be determined through detailed planning and engineering performed as part of a detailed transportation study, a Capital Improvements Program project, or through the development review process. I San Marcos Horizons (Draft: September 17, 2004) 4-19