The Cermak/Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape

The Cermak / Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape Sustainable Streets for Chicagoland: Multi-Modal, Multi-Functional, and Totally Fabulous Richard M. Daley, Mayor City of Chicago Janet L. Attarian, AIA, LEED, Project Director Streetscape and Sustainable Design Program

Infrastructure and Cities
Infrastructure in Poor Condition
Direct Effect on Behavior
Large Capital Projects with a Long Design Life
50% Population Threshold
Other Transportation 30% Buildings and Other Energy Uses 61% 9%

Chicago Climate Action Plan: Adaptation and Mitigation Source: CCAP

Sustainable Urban Design
In addition, there are 839 acres of public park space and 53.4 miles of lake and river frontage.
City governments are at the forefront of sustainable design, and have an obligation to make cities livable places where people want to live, work and play.
Chicago Land Area = 144,593 ac
Public Right-of-Way (23%)

Complete Streets Policy
“ The safety and convenience of all users of the transportation system including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, freight, and motor vehicle drivers shall be accommodated and balanced in all types of transportation and development projects and through all phases of a project so that even the most vulnerable – children, elderly, and persons with disabilities – can travel safely within the public right of way.”
Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council
Pedestrian Plan
Mayor Daley’s Safe Routes Ambassadors
Pedestrian Crash Analysis
CMAQ School and Transit
Station Improvement projects

How Complete is your Street?
Stormwater Management
Energy Efficiency
Water Efficiency
Alternative Transportation
Recycling
Urban Heat Island
Education
Beauty and Community
Site Selection
Air Quality

Green Alley Program
1,900 miles of public alleyways in Chicago, the largest of any city in the world.
Total of 3,500 acres of impermeable surface, the equivalent area of over 5 Midway Airports.
Total: 13,000 Alleys
20% Currently Unimproved
20% in Need of Repairs
Alley Summary

Green Alley Program

Green Alley Program
Development of Permeable Asphalt and Concrete:
Best Practices
Material Testing
Trial Batches
Recycled Content- Slag/GTR
The Ground Tire Rubber Solution:
Approx 600 tires recycled per alley
Solved cohesion problem

Green Alley Program – Installation Testing

Wider Implementation Permeable Parkways Permeable Ward Yard Permeable Pocket Parks

Wider Implementation WPA Street Reconstruction – Permeable Asphalt Parking Lanes

Incorporation into Standard Streetscape Designs Devon Avenue Streetscape Construction May 2009

Maxwell Street Permeable Market Plaza

Maxwell Street Permeable Market Plaza
EPA Primary Research Questions
Runoff Volume and Rate
Surface Water Quality
Ground Water Quality
Freeze/Thaw Performance

Market Plaza: Preliminary Monitoring Results Sept 2008- Feb 2009 1/16/09 (temp in degrees) Air: -7.0 Deep: 38.6 Middle: 34.1 Shallow: 33.4

Sustainable Streetscape Demonstration Project The Cermak / Blue Island Streetscape

Existing Conditions- Cermak Road

Existing Conditions- Blue Island Avenue

100% diversion from the combined sewer for a two year storm event
Pervious pavements
Bioswales in bump-outs
New planter and street tree designs
Bioswale Parkways

Energy Efficiency
0% Light pollution into night sky
Improve energy performance above baseline streetscape
Utilize LED Pedestrian fixtures
White Light, Metal Halide Technology
Pavement Reflectance / Uniformity
Water Efficiency
Limit use of potable water for landscape irrigation
Recycle stormwater/roof water for irrigation of planters or water feature

Alternative Transportation
Design facilities for pedestrians and cyclists
Improve access to public transportation
Provide additional bike parking
Recycling
Recycle a minimum of 90% construction waste
Install total materials which contain a minimum 10% recycled content

Urban Heat Island Reduction
Increase pavement reflectance of both the roadway and sidewalk
Utilize Permeable pavements
Increase tree canopy cover
Increase landscaped surfaces

Education
Partnerships with Benito Juarez High School for science and engineering curriculum
Education Seminar
Self-guided walking tour brochure
Informational kiosks/identifiers with interpretive graphics

Human Scale
Education
Significant elements of life through all major spaces of the project
Celebrate culture, history, spirit and place
Western Stormwater Plaza
Benito Juarez Water Feature

Site Selection
The Chicago Nature and Wildlife Plan
Reuse of existing roadway
Acres Habitat
1772 Forest/Woodland
982 Aquatic
535 Wetland
290 Ripirian/Water Edge
170 Prairie/Grassland
36 Savanna
22 Dune
8 Naturalistic Planting
921 Potential Habitat

Air Quality
Construction Equipment Emissions
Biodiesel/ Ultra Low Sulfur Fuels
Anti-Idling Policies
Local Materials: Sourcing 40% of products within 500 Miles
Dust Control
Photocatalytic Cements
Source: OMP

Cermak/Blue Island Sustainable Streetscape

Synergies in Roadway Design
Energy Efficiency
Waste Management
Air Quality
Site Selection
Urban Heat Island
Water Management
Water Efficiency
Energy Efficiency
Waste Management
Air Quality
Site Selection
Urban Heat Island
Water Management
Water Efficiency

Integrated Infrastructure Design Example: Permeable Pavers in Parking/Bike Lane Bike/ Parking Lane High SRI for Lighting and UHI Stormwater Management Photocatalytic for Air Quality

Reduced Pedestrian Crossing Distances
Opportunities for Landscaped beautification
Best management practice
Discourage truck access to residential blocks to the North
Integrated Infrastructure Design Example: Side Street Pedestrian Bump-Outs

Pedestrian Buffer
Landscaped beautification
Urban Heat Island Reduction
Water quality
Reduction in potable water use
Integrated Infrastructure Design Example: Parkway Bioswale

Changing Business as Usual
Determining what city standards and requirements may be in conflict with sustainable design concepts
Working with city departments and sister agencies to approve construction drawings
Working with city departments and utilities to determine unique maintenance responsibilities
Outreach to the community in order to communicate unique infrastructure design and maintenance requirements

Monitoring
Making the case for sustainable design
Determining actual maintenance needs
Continuous learning and improvement
Critical link for turning pilots to programs
Green Alleys : Permeability, Albedo, Surface Temperature, Strength Maxwell Street Market Permeable Plaza: Partnership with EPA to measure suitability of stormwater BMPs on brownfield sites. Sustainable Streetscape : Monitoring Partnership with MWRD / Essroc

Local, National, and International Standards for Sustainable Infrastructure
LEED ND as a starting place
Sustainable Site Initiative
Green Streets “LEED for Roads”
Unique needs and potential of Infrastructure
Need to be based on Industry Standards

New Markets and Material Development: Creating Innovation for the Environment
Lead by Example
Partner with the Private Sector
Connect to the Community
Design/Contractor/Owner Education
“ ..green is not about cutting back. It’s about creating a new cornucopia of abundance for the next generation by inventing a whole new industry . It’s about getting our best brains out of hedge funds and into innovations that will not only give us the clean-power industrial assets to preserve our American dream but also give us the technologies that billions of others need to realize their own dreams without destroying the planet.” –Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times

Stimulating New Jobs with Green Infrastructure For every 1.25 Billion spent… Source: FHWA Jobs Decoder New Infrastructure Infrastructure Rehabilitation Green Infrastructure 51,200 jobs 47,000 jobs 43,200 jobs

Ending Business as Usual: Responsibility for the Biosphere Janet L. Attarian, AIA LEED | Project Director | [email_address] Streetscape and Sustainable Design Program | 312-744-5900

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