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Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit network of design professionals, has designed a traffic-calming, community building, street-greening project for the 1700 block of Newcomb Avenue in San Francisco's low-income Bayview district. This Estuary 2100 project will implement the design for a green streetscape by planting trees and other drought tolerant plants, installing specially designed stormwater-filtering planters to infiltrate stormwater runoff, and traffic chicanes to calm traffic, and by creating community gathering places. The City and County of San Francisco will monitor the project to quantify reductions in stormwater runoff due to these improvements, and develop a template for future projects. The City and County will also document maintenance costs and compare pre- and post-project traffic speed, and the pre- and post-project value of adjacent properties. The project will further public acceptance and understanding of LID concepts, demonstrate the effectiveness of multi-purpose green infrastructure projects; and reduce stormwater flows and pollutants going into the Estuary.
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This project is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund. |
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