Comments on: Eyes on the Street… All of Them http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:32:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: impervious hardscape http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-49497 impervious hardscape Fri, 02 May 2008 12:31:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/#comment-49497 Fascinating. from the new Sustainable Streets plan: http://nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/stratplan.shtml "DOT is responsible for maintaining over 19,000 lane miles of roadway throughout the five boroughs of New York. Laid end to end, our roads would nearly circle the equator." ("Delivering outstanding roadways, bridges and ferries" section) Thank gosh NYC DOT realizes that our city's 19,000 lane miles cause flooding and exacerbate stormwater runoff. In the "Greening the Department From Top to Bottom" section, they include a number of measures to "better manage storm water run-off from streets." - Coordinate with DEP to create streets that detain a maximum volume of storm water. - Increase the use of permeable surfaces and porous pavements to decrease runoff. - Capture more stormwater through the Greenstreets program with Parks Dept. - Allow for connected tree pits to provide better surface drainage. - Increase capacity for curb replacement and curb openings to increase storm water capture. Fascinating.
from the new Sustainable Streets plan:
http://nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/stratplan.shtml

"DOT is responsible for maintaining over 19,000 lane miles of roadway throughout the five boroughs of New York. Laid end to end, our roads would nearly circle the equator." ("Delivering outstanding roadways, bridges and ferries" section)

Thank gosh NYC DOT realizes that our city's 19,000 lane miles cause flooding and exacerbate stormwater runoff.

In the "Greening the Department From Top to Bottom" section, they include a number of measures to "better manage storm water run-off from streets."

- Coordinate with DEP to create streets that detain a maximum volume of storm water.
- Increase the use of permeable surfaces and porous pavements to decrease runoff.
- Capture more stormwater through the Greenstreets program with Parks Dept.
- Allow for connected tree pits to provide better surface drainage.
- Increase capacity for curb replacement and curb openings to increase storm water capture.

]]> By: Nemo http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-49493 Nemo Fri, 02 May 2008 03:31:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/#comment-49493 Amazing... I can actually pick out Osage County, autonomous region of the Osage Nation, next to where I grew up in Oklahoma. Amazing... I can actually pick out Osage County, autonomous region of the Osage Nation, next to where I grew up in Oklahoma.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/comment-page-1/#comment-49485 Larry Littlefield Thu, 01 May 2008 23:20:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/05/01/eyes-on-the-street-all-of-them/#comment-49485 You know what would be great? An inventory of the square footage of public right of way in NYC, with the amount used for sidewalks, moving lanes, parking planes, other purposes (planted medians, etc). You know what would be great? An inventory of the square footage of public right of way in NYC, with the amount used for sidewalks, moving lanes, parking planes, other purposes (planted medians, etc).

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