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Fees-in-Lieu of Parking Spaces

When Private Off-Street Parking Isn’t the Best Solution In areas of more intense activity or where the community wants to promote density, requiring each use to provide separate parking facilities […]

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Fact Sheet: Infiltration Trenches and Dry Wells

Infiltration trenches and dry wells are standard stormwater management structures that can play an important role in Low Impact Development site design. Dispersed around the site, these infiltration structures can […]

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Fact Sheet: Low Impact Site Design

Conventional development strategies treat stormwater as a secondary component of site design, usually managed with “pipe-and-pond” systems that collect rainwater and discharge it off site. In contrast, Low Impact Development […]

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Fact Sheet: Vegetated Swales

Vegetated swales are an important Low Impact Development technique used to convey stormwater runoff. These open, shallow channels slow runoff, filter it, and promote infiltration into the ground; as a […]

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I-495 Study: Final Report (September 2009)

The  I-495 Study identifies the existing and future capacity constraints associated with the I-495 Corridor and identifies both methods to move more people through the interchanges and strategies that might […]

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How to Do a Parking Study

How To Do a Parking Study BUILDING THE SURVEY CONDUCTING THE SURVEY ANALYZING THE DATA PRESENTING THE FINDINGS SAMPLE PARKING STUDY SAMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DATA COLLECTORS A lack of knowledge […]

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LID Frequently Asked Questions

What is Low Impact Development? Low Impact Development is a way to protect the environment and reduce construction costs at the same time. Conventional design and construction methods generally use […]

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Fact Sheet: Roadways and Parking Lot Design

One of the simplest ways to cut down on stormwater runoff is to reduce the amount of impervious cover associated with roadways and parking lots. Careful design is the key […]

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Fact Sheet: Green Roofs

A green roof is a low-maintenance vegetated roof system that stores rainwater in a lightweight engineered soil medium, where the water is taken up by plants and transpired into the […]

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Fact Sheet: Grass Filter Strips

Grass filter strips are low-angle vegetated slopes designed to treat sheet flow runoff from adjacent impervious areas. Filter strips (also known as vegetated filter strips and grassed filters) function by […]

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