The Fine Art of Blending Stormwater Management into a Streetscape

Better coordination between transportation planners and utilities’ stormwater management is the aim of a new guide produced by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO).The Urban Street Stormwater Guide is meant to be a resource for city engineers and policymakers to use to do a better job of incorporating green infrastructure into redesigned streetscapes and other transportation projects. While there are many how-to technical guides on installing green infrastructure, few focus on exactly how to best integrate those features alongside the necessary transportation components on a street, says Corinne Kisner, NACTO’s director of policy and special projects, in a report