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Chapter 2 Sector Three Today <br />Transportation <br />Existing Thoroughfares <br />The existing system of streets and thoroughfares in Sector Three have developed in <br />response to historical development patterns and natural constraints in the area. The major <br />thoroughfares that serve to bring traffic into and through Sector Three are Ranch Road <br />12, North LBJ Drive, Sessoms Drive, and Bishop Street. The remaining streets in Sector <br />Three are collectors that serve to move traffic within the area and to connect with the <br />major thoroughfares. Traffic pressure, especially along Ranch Road 12, is expected to <br />grow in the future. <br />All streets in Sector Three are city owned and maintained, with the exception of Ranch <br />Road 12, which is state owned and maintained. The traffic signal at LBJ Drive and <br />Sessoms Drive is owned and maintained by the City of San Marcos. All other traffic <br />signals in Sector Three are owned and maintained by the Texas Department of <br />Transportation. <br />Traffic Volumes <br />The Environment and Engineering Department conducted traffic volume counts on city <br />owned streets in the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996. Traffic volumes represent 24 <br />hour weekday counts. The traffic counts in Sector Three included: <br />Location <br />Date <br />Count <br />Sessoms Drive northwest of LBJ Drive <br />02/27/96 <br />111887 <br />Holland Street northeast of Ranch Road 12 <br />11/08/95 <br />71166 <br />LBJ Drive south of Forest Lane <br />02/26/96 <br />61962 <br />Holland Street southeast of Academy Street <br />11/08/95 <br />61450 <br />N. LBJ Drive nortwest of N. Bishop Street <br />1/06/95 <br />21970 <br />N. LBJ Drive southwest of Holland Street <br />10/26/95 <br />21623 <br />N. Bishop Street northeast of Ranch Road 12 <br />1/15/95 <br />1, 808 <br />Holland Street southwest of Chesnut Street <br />11/07/95 <br />11686 <br />Laurel Ridge southeast of Laurel Lane <br />11/16/95 <br />11099 <br />The Texas Department of Transportation conducted traffic volume counts on state -owned <br />thoroughfares in 1995. Traffic volumes represent 24 -hour weekday counts. The traffic <br />counts in Sector Three included: <br />Location Count <br />Ranch Road 12 southeast of Bishop Street 131600 <br />Ranch Road 12 northwest of Fulton Ranch Road 61700 <br />Public Transportation <br />There are three entities providing transit services in San Marcos that serve Sector Three. <br />Southwest Texas State University shuttle bus system provides shuttle service throughout <br />the area for students and staff. San Marcos Transit has three routes in Sector Three <br />(Aquarena, Bishop Street, and Westside Historical) that link the residential areas with the <br />central business district. CARTS (Capital Area Rural Transit System) provides on- <br />demand, door -to -door service for qualifying residents. <br />2 -11 <br />