Green Infrastructure 3: Best Practices for Streetscape

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to: Describe the benefits of Green Building Best Practices as they apply to Streetscape Identify to community groups Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and key stakeholders ways to enhance and maintain streetscape as part of street reconstruction projects or area-wide planning initiatives Design streetscapes that are conducive to walking and that optimally balance the needs of pedestrians bicyclists mass-transit users and automobiles Define physical improvements and management measures to improve quality of life health and safety accessibility connectivity comfort amenity and aesthetics Discuss improvements to streetscape to support bicycling and other forms of non-motorized active transportation Describe physical and operational improvements to the right-of-way to improve the efficiency cost-effectiveness convenience and sustainability of surface mass transit Recognize the quality and quantity of right-of-way public spaces green spaces street furniture and parks within or adjacent to the public right-of-way Explain legitimate security objectives with good urban design practices Use the material to develop your own checklists to improve existing policies and procedure