March 17, 2010
By Portland Mayor Sam Adams
Bicycle boulevards save lives. Bioswales protect our environment. Both make Portland's neighborhoods safer, cleaner and greener. And today, the Portland City Council will vote on making smart investments in both.
In 2007, I shepherded passage through Portland City Council of the nationally recognized Green Streets Plan. Green streets reduce the amount of rain that goes into Portland's sewer and stormwater treatment system. They involve planted bioswales that are built on neighborhood streets where they slow or divert traffic. The upshot: Green streets manage stormwater runoff, reducing the need for expensive sewer expansions.
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Source: The Oregonian
Bicycle boulevards save lives. Bioswales protect the environment.
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High density neighborhoods in inner areas are as much as 50% more cost efficient than low density outer suburbs neighborhoods on a life cycle cost basis.(Dillon Consulting et. al, 2005)
