Changes

==Strategies==

==Strategies==

===Reduce street width==

===Reduce street width===

Streets constitute the largest percentage of impervious area and contribute proportionally to the urban runoff.  Streets widths are sized for the free flow of traffic and movements of large emergency vehicles.  In many cases, such as low density residential, these widths are oversized for the typical function of the street.  Amending urban design standards to allow alternative, narrower street widths might be appropriate in some situations.  There are a variety of ways to accommodate emergency vehicle movements and traffic flow on narrower streets, including alternative street parking configurations, vehicle pullout space, connected street networks, prohibiting parking near intersections, and reinforced turf or gravel edges (U.S. EPA, 2007).

Streets constitute the largest percentage of impervious area and contribute proportionally to the urban runoff.  Streets widths are sized for the free flow of traffic and movements of large emergency vehicles.  In many cases, such as low density residential, these widths are oversized for the typical function of the street.  Amending urban design standards to allow alternative, narrower street widths might be appropriate in some situations.  There are a variety of ways to accommodate emergency vehicle movements and traffic flow on narrower streets, including alternative street parking configurations, vehicle pullout space, connected street networks, prohibiting parking near intersections, and reinforced turf or gravel edges (U.S. EPA, 2007).