GREEN TEAM MEETING 2:

Streets
July 23, 2008
AGENDA
 Objective:
 Strategies for greener, pedestrian-friendly
streets
 Discussion of current city policies
 Design Guidelines follow-up
 Presentation and discussion
LEED ND PILOT NEIGHBORHOODS

UPPER
CHESTER

FLATS EUCLID CORRIDOR

EAST
BANK

ST. LUKE’S
POINT
STREET CONFIGURATION
LANE WIDTHS - determining acceptable criteria for safer,
narrow streets

Drivers behave less

aggressively on narrow
streets, running fewer
traffic signals, for
example (Untermann,
1990). In studies of
varying street widths
and traffic safety, It
appears that the group
of streets with the
safest results occur
between 22 and 30
feet in curb face width.
(Residential Street
Typology and Injury
Accident Frequency,
by Peter Swift) Battery Park
 STREET CONFIGURATION

CURB RADII – improving pedestrian safety while

accommodating emergency vehicles

In new construction, the

appropriate turning radius is
about 4.6 m (15 ft) and about
7.6 m (25 ft) for arterial streets
with a substantial volume of
turning buses and/or trucks.
(PEDSAFE – Pedestrian
Safety Guide and
Countermeasure Selection
System)

Kent, Ohio
DESIGN FOR BICYCLES
BIKE ROUTES - Connections to existing or planned bike
routes including the Towpath and Lakefront trails

Several data sources

have shown that crashes
between motorists and
pedestrians or bicyclists
are less likely when there
are more people out
bicycling or walking
(Jacobsen, 2003).

Lakefront Bikeway,
Cleveland
DESIGN FOR BICYCLES
SHARROWS – discussion of Franklin Boulevard application

In San Francisco,
which studied
design and
placement of
sharrows in 2004,
sharrows were
shown to improve
lane positioning of
cyclists and
improved passing
distance by
motorists.
Pittsburgh
DESIGN FOR BICYCLES
SPEED LIMITS – USGBC requirements for dedicated bike
routes

Fatality rate of
vehicle/pedestrian
accidents drops
from 45% at 30
mph to 5% at 20
mph or less (U.K.
Department of
Transport, 1997)

Seattle, Wash.
DESIGN FOR BICYCLES
BIKE FRIENDLY DETAILS – e.g. bike racks, bike “troughs”

Bike “trough,” Netherlands

LANDSCAPING
TREE PIT DETAILS – for stormwater management,
continuous tree trench. Euclid Corridor application?

Alexandria, Va.
Boston
LANDSCAPING
TREE SPECIES – LEED requires 50% of impervious areas
to be shaded (within 5 years of occupancy), high-reflectance
or open grid. Also need 90% native species.
• Preferred native, fast-growing tree species to meet
these requirements?

Black maple Black walnut Sycamore

LANDSCAPING
NATIVE PLANTS – LEED requires native plants for 90% of
vegetation and no invasives
• Preferred species to meet these requirements?

Pennsylvania sedge

Jack in the pulpit

PEDESTRIAN FEATURES
CROSSWALKS – newer approaches, e.g. raised crosswalks,
bump-outs, rapidly flashing signals, in-pavement signals.
• Which would be preferred options?

Sidewalk bump-out, Raised crosswalk,

Willoughy, Ohio Cambridge, Mass.
PEDESTRIAN FEATURES
AUDIBLE SIGNALS – discussion of Euclid Avenue
application

Euclid Avenue crosswalk

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
RECYCLED CONTENT – LEED rewards use of recycled
content in infrastructure (sidewalks, parking lots, curbs,
streets)

Recycled bricks from

Cleveland, Toronto Recycled tire bricks, San Glassphalt
Distillery District Antonio
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
STREET CLOSING – Preferred methods for temporary street
closings

E. 4th Street, Cleveland

Architectural gate piers

GREEN STREETS
Streets with vegetated facilities that manage stormwater on
site

Portland, Ore.

Portland, Ore.
GREEN STREETS
Streets with vegetated facilities that manage stormwater on
site
QUESTIONS/FEEDBACK