South Greensboro Area Plan - Public Review Draft - 9.25.25

Roadway Network The roadway network in south Greensboro is largely suburban and car-oriented, with wide arterials, few sidewalks, and a fragmented street grid—especially in the eastern and southern areas. Bikeway facilities are limited and disconnected. Access controlled freeways like I-40, I-85, and US 220 surround and influence the area, creating barriers between neighborhoods and limiting the ability to walk or bike safely.

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Functional Classification The street network includes a mix of thoroughfares, collectors, and local streets, with Randleman Road, South Elm-Eugene Street, and Vandalia Road serving as major thoroughfares. These roads carry the bulk of vehicular traffic and are critical for regional connectivity, but they lack safe, quality infrastructure for walking or biking. Top Concerned Intersections The map identifies intersections of top safety and design concern, which are locations with a history of crashes, poor geometry, or high conflict between modes. Two key intersections stand out: » Randleman Road and I-40: A high-volume interchange with complex merging and turning movements, posing risks for all users. » Randleman Road and Vandalia Road: A signalized multi-lane intersection that is served by transit, adjacent to a grocery store, and has limited pedestrian crossing accommodations. designing them to better reflect actual use and community needs for improved walking, biking, and access to transit.

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Alamance Church Rd Traffic volumes in south Greensboro vary widely, highlighting the area’s mix of major corridors and lower-volume streets. While Randleman Road and South Elm-Eugene Street carry the highest volumes (12,000 to 26,000 vehicles per day), their design often prioritizes the movement of vehicles over safety and accessibility of pedestrians and cyclists. These corridors would benefit from targeted improvements like safer crossings and separated bike lanes. In contrast, the 5-lane portions of Vandalia Road supports half of the traffic (8,000 vehicles per day) as Randleman Road, suggesting a strong opportunity to reallocate pavement and rights-of-way for walking, biking, Draft Liber ty Rd I-85 or transit. (Note the City of Greensboro currently has a roadway improvement project here, described in this chapter.) Similarly, Pleasant Garden Road supports fewer than 5,000 vehicles per day and lacks connectivity, pointing to a need for multimodal upgrades rather than capacity expansion. Traffic data supports a shift toward right-sizing streets and 400 US Feet US 421

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