What is the difference in a major or minor thoroughfare on a thoroughfare plan?
(The Transportation Planning Branch is in transition from a thoroughfare plan to a comprehensive transportation plan.) Municipal thoroughfare plans were based on major and minor thoroughfares. The underlying concept of a thoroughfare plan is that it provides a functional system of streets which permits travel from origins and destinations with directness, ease, and safety. Major thoroughfares are the primary traffic arteries of the municipality. Their main function is to move traffic in and around the area. Minor thoroughfares are more important streets on the municipal system. They collect traffic from local (like neighborhood) streets and carry it to the major thoroughfares. There is no set amount of traffic that makes a road a major or a minor, it is based on the function, outlined above. Routes on county thoroughfare plans were designated according to their functional classification.
