http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/12/new-urbanism-built-to-last/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/12/new-urbanism-built-to-last/comment-page-1/#comment-70051 A Transportation Enthusiast Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:26:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6407#comment-70051 Brad, you wrote a critical posting on PRT last week. Did you know that prominent new urbanist and TOD-advocate Peter Calthorpe has endorsed the concept? Brad, you wrote a critical posting on PRT last week. Did you know that prominent new urbanist and TOD-advocate Peter Calthorpe has endorsed the concept?

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/12/new-urbanism-built-to-last/comment-page-1/#comment-70036 W. K. Lis Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:38:27 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=6407#comment-70036 Parking lots, wide roofs, and single-floor buildings cause rainfall not to be absorbed by the ground. Instead, they are drained off quickly into the sewers and eventually into rivers, adding to the runoff. Any current storm that would be equal to any past storm in intensity, will cause flooding in excess because the rain is not held in fields or ground, but diverted quickly. Parking lots, wide roofs, and single-floor buildings cause rainfall not to be absorbed by the ground. Instead, they are drained off quickly into the sewers and eventually into rivers, adding to the runoff. Any current storm that would be equal to any past storm in intensity, will cause flooding in excess because the rain is not held in fields or ground, but diverted quickly.

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