Keys to Green Streets: Collaboration and Sound Engineering

The Plainfield Avenue Bioretention Islands project in Grand Rapids, Michigan is an example of how public agencies and the private sector can effectively work together to accomplish green initiatives. This project utilized federal, local, and private funds to finance street improvements that included innovative storm water management techniques. Michigan's Complete Streets legislation, the Michigan Department of Transportation's Context Sensitive Solutions process, and the City of Grand Rapids' Complete Streets Resolution are public policies driving awareness of sustainable infrastructure practices, but they do not provide best practices or funding mechanisms. However, the collaborative efforts among stakeholders involved in the Plainfield Avenue project creatively generated sufficient funding to implement this multifaceted pilot project.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413197.016
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Eid, Deborah J
  • Kelly, Ruth E
  • Martinez, Imelda C
  • Tripp, Elise Hansen
  • Stam, Breese W
  • Smith, Michael R
• Conference:
  • Second Conference on Green Streets, Highways, and Development
  • Location: Austin Texas, United States
  • Date: 2013-11-3 to 2013-11-6
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 186-201
• Monograph Title: Green Streets, Highways, and Development 2013: Advancing the Practice

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Implementation; Improvements; Policy; Public private partnerships; Runoff; Streets
• Geographic Terms: Grand Rapids (Michigan)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01499966
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413197
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 25 2013 10:00AM