Green City, Clean Waters

Green Streets, Complete Streets

Delaware Direct PartnershipMarch 31, 2010

For more information, visit www.phillywatersheds.org.

• $290 million to Restore and Preserve Stream Corridors

• $320 million to Upgrade Water Pollution Control Plants

• $1.01 billion to ‘Green’ 34% of the combined sewer area by managing stormwater at the source

8 Green Programs

Private Lands– Industrial/Commercial/Institutional– Homes– Parking– Alleys, Driveways and Walkways

Public Lands– Streets– Schools– Public Facilities– Open Spaces Springside School “Water Wall”

and Rain GardenPhiladelphia, PA

Saylor Grove Stormwater WetlandPhiladelphia, PA

Friends Center Green RoofPhiladelphia, PA

A range of soil-water-plant systems that intercept stormwater, infiltrate a portion of it into the ground, evaporate a portion of it into the air, and in some cases slowly release a portion of it back into the sewer system

Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Acknowledges the symbiotic relationship between land use and water resources

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Tools

What is a good green street?

• Minimal utility conflicts • Few to no obstructions upslope of inlets • No existing street trees upslope of inlets• Wide sidewalks • Building setback • Relatively flat street • Large drainage areas

Fewer Design / Implementation Challenges

More Design / Implementation Challenges

Site Selection Process

• Identification• Investigation• Selection based upon:

– Feasibility and cost-effectiveness– Neighborhood planning– Concurrent projects

Complete StreetsPolicy directive that streets and roads should

provide for all transportation mode users.

True Complete Streets require multiple partners and funding sources

Rhawn / PennypackPrincetonUnruhLevickComlyBridgeBuckiusOrthodoxCastorAllegheny / Delaware

Rhawn Street / Pennypack Street

Pros:• Link Holmesburg Junction Station to

Pennypack Park & East Coast GreenwayCons:• Some steep slopes• Limited ROW

Cartway: 36 feetROW: 50-60 feet

Rhawn Street looking east from rail station

Intersection of Rhawn & State Rd.

Levick Street

Cartway: 64 feetROW: 80 feet

Pros:• Provide link to Lardner Point Park &

East Coast Greenway• Right lane striped for no travelCons:• Slopes• Traffic patterns create conflicts with

pedestrians and bicyclists

Levick Street looking east from Tulip St.

Levick at entrance to Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

Buckius Street

Pros:• Adjacent to Bridesburg Rec CenterCons:• Riverside trail / park not yet created• Some separate / non-contributing areas

Cartway: 32 feetROW: 44 feet

Buckius looking east toward river at Bridesburg Rec Center

E. Allegheny Ave. / N. Delaware Ave.

Pros:• Link Monkiewicz Playground, Pulaski

Park, & East Coast Greenway• Project awarded TIGER fundingCons:• Potential conflicts with industrial uses• Some separate / non-contributing areas

Cartway: 60-75 feetROW: varies, max 122 feet

Allegheny Ave. looking east from I-95

Corner of Allegheny & Delaware at Pulaski Park

Are we missing any priority connector streets?

All of these streets present unique design and implementation challenges. Which should be

our highest priority to move forward? Rhawn / Pennypack

Levick Buckius

Allegheny / Delaware

AnnLehighCumberlandColumbiaMarlboroughShackamaxonFrankfordGermantown / LaurelBrownFairmountSpring GardenCallowhill

E. Columbia Avenue

Pros:• Link Palmer Park, Hetzell Playground

& Penn Treaty Park• Some projects already in designCons:• Very limited ROW• Tree-lined in certain blocks

Cartway: 26 feetROW: 50 feet

Columbia looking east from Girard

Columbia looking east from I-95

Frankford Avenue

Cartway: 36 feetROW: 58 feet

Pros:• NKCDC streetscape projectCons:• Limited ROW• Some drainage areas are small

Frankford looking east from Girard

Columbia looking east to intersection with Delaware Ave.

Germantown Avenue / Laurel Street

Pros:• PWD Storm Flood Relief

project in designCons:• Limited ROW

Cartway: 30-32 feetROW: 50-60 feet

Germantown Ave. looking east

Laurel St. looking east toward Delaware Ave.

Spring Garden Street

Cartway: 88 feetROW: 120 feet

Pros:• Vision for Delaware to

Schuylkill greenway connector

Cons:• Many utility conflicts have

been identified

Spring Garden St. looking east from 2nd St.

Spring Garden St. looking east from I-95

Are we missing any priority connector streets?

All of these streets present unique design and implementation challenges. Which should be

our highest priority to move forward? Columbia Frankford

Germantown / Laurel Spring Garden

RaceWashingtonReedTaskerSnyder

Race Street

Cartway: varies from 26-46 ftROW: varies, approx. 74 ft

Pros:• Connection to Race Street PierCons:• Traffic patterns create conflicts

with pedestrians and bicyclists• Some separate / non-contributing

areas

Race St. looking east from 2nd St.

Race St. at Columbus Blvd.

Washington Avenue

Cartway: 120-144 feetROW: 142-176 feet

Pros:• Connection to Pier 53• PWD Storm Flood Relief

project in designCons:• Some existing trees

Washington Ave. looking east from 2nd St.

Washington Ave. at Columbus Blvd.

Tasker Street

Pros:• Direct connection from

Pennsport to riverfrontCons:• Limited ROW• Small drainage areas

Cartway: 26 feetROW: 52 feet

Tasker St. looking east to Front St.

Tasker St. at Columbus Blvd.

Snyder Avenue

Cartway: 44 feetROW: 74 feet

Pros:• Already striped for bike lanes• PWD Storm Flood Relief project

in designCons:• Multiple ownership / residential

blocks• Some small drainage areas

Snyder Ave. looking east from 2nd St.

Snyder Ave. looking east from I-95

Are we missing any priority connector streets?

All of these streets present unique design and implementation challenges. Which should be

our highest priority to move forward? Race

Washington Tasker Snyder

Green City Clean Waters