Polluted stormwater runoff is one of the greatest threats to clean water in the nation. EPA-New England launched its “Soak up the Rain” outreach program to raise public awareness about these threats, and help communities understand how green infrastructure (GI) strategies can help mitigate runoff damage. GI uses natural processes (vegetation and soil infiltration) to absorb and treat runoff at its source while offering additional benefits that can include flood mitigation, economic protection, habitat preservation and quality of life improvements. This video shows citizens from several communities using GI to mitigate their stormwater problems; people including school principals, municipal DPW officials, residential property owners and landscape professionals. The video also illustrates how Soak up the Rain actively promotes community efforts to reduce runoff and showcases specific GI projects.
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U.S. EPA: New England is Using Green Infrastructure to “Soak Up The Rain”
Posted by Infra on Friday, June 19th, 2015Chicago, IL: Cycling the New Bloomingdale Trail
Posted by Infra on Thursday, June 18th, 2015Take a ride on the Bloomingdale Trail from the western trailhead at Ridgeway Avenue in Humboldt Park to the eastern trailhead at Walsh Park in Bucktown.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...ASCE: What Do Civil Engineers Do?
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015If you look around, civil engineering is everywhere! Meet three civil engineers whose work is having a real impact on people’s lives. Whether involved in projects underground, on huge structures or meeting the water needs of developing communities, these engineers are making a difference. See if you have what it takes to be a civil engineer.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Bringing Low-Carbon Trucks to the United States
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015Lew Fulton and Marshall Miller talk about Low-Carbon Truck Strategies.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...NYC: One Minute Excerpt WillyB Bike Fly!
Posted by Infra on Monday, June 15th, 2015Always love the speed on the way down the Wiliamsburg Bridge in the ‘”red cage”. (And I was going much slower than usual.)
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Minnesota DOT: Update on the Winona Bridge Project
Posted by Infra on Friday, June 12th, 2015This video illustrates project progress, having used an approach known as CMGC.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Boston, MA: Complete Streets Design Guidelines
Posted by Infra on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015In 2010, the City of Boston’s Department of Transportation wanted to introduce planners, designers, engineers, and the wider public to an innovative new policy approach to urban street design known as Complete Streets.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Texas: Governor Abbott Paves the Way for Historical Transportation Funding Increase
Posted by Infra on Tuesday, June 9th, 2015Video clip illustrates Governor Abbott’s dedication to increasing funding for roads throughout the state of Texas, and also doing away with diversions. From now on, taxes for roads will be spent on roads.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Klamath Falls, OR: Blasting Through Bly Mountain
Posted by Infra on Monday, June 8th, 2015Work crews are straightening out and widening OR140 east of Klamath Falls to help trucks and cars move more safely and more quickly.
View this complete Show Us Your Infra! submission...Dallas, TX: Freeways Without Futures
Posted by Content Coordinator on Friday, June 5th, 2015Patrick Kennedy, founder of A New Dallas, talks to attendees about how the movement to take Interstate 345 off the grid got started. He was joined by Loeb Fellow Peter Park and Ian Lockwood from the Toole Design Group. Some of the words were too powerful and logical to not share with the rest of the universe.
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