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Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Guidelines
and Policies
January 31, 2013
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ContextSustainability in the Public Right-of-Way
For Chicago and the regionFocused on Public Right-of-Way
Comprises 23 percent of land areaRight-of-way = public spaceMultiple stakeholder involvement
Sister AgenciesSister DepartmentsGovernment AgenciesUtilitiesPrivate Developers
Applies to Planning, Design, Construction and Maintenance
Streets: Resurfacing & ReconstructionBridges & Bridge HouseTransit Stations & BRTBike FacilitiesStreetlights & SignalsCurb, Gutter & SidewalksPlanningSignageLandscaping
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Mission The Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Guidelines and Policies will embrace and expand upon the environmental
benefits of Complete Streets and help to create and maintain a city where all Chicagoans benefit from a high quality
of life without depleting our natural resources.
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Purpose & Need
To create a safe, livable, and sustainable City.
To provide simple, pointed design, construction, and maintenance guidance for the creation of a Sustainable Urban
Infrastructure for all Chicagoans.
To prepare the City’s infrastructure to respond to the challenges of climate change and enact policies to reduce its negative
impacts.
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How we get to Great StreetsComplete Streets ChicagoSustainable Urban Infrastructure Guidelines and PoliciesPlacemaking Guidelines
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Document OrganizationStarts with Mission and Purpose Organized around environmental categories for public ROWSupported by objectives for Chicago prioritized by needObjectives are tied to requirements and policies that provide means and methodsStrategies implement the requirements
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Project Delivery
Supports a process that
Ensures these objectives are implemented at CDOT and others who work in the public wayTransforms practice with set performance metrics
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Project Matrix
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Sample Requirement – W1a
• Rate Control: Green Infrastructure shall be designed to capture 100% of water from the public right-of-way that can be made tributary to best practices as outlined in Volume II of this document. The target release rate for the project ROW shall be 1.5 cfs/acre for the 10-year event.
• Stormwater rate, proximity to bodies of water, permeability & retention
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Sample Requirement - EN2
• All new or retrofitted arterial lighting will be cut-off, including pedestrian, alley and viaduct fixtures.
• Energy efficiency, type of fixture, location of fixtures, renewable technologies
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Sample Requirement - EC1
• Apply Sustainability Valuation to a pilot project that is proposing a value engineering (VE) study
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Sample Requirement - MW6
• Maximize the use of cool pavement strategies• Albedo, heat island, recycled materials,
transport distance,
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Sample Requirement - CA1
• Require ultra low sulfur diesel and enforce a 3-minute anti-idling policy during construction
• Construction equipment, methodologies & operations protocols
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Sample Requirement - BC3
• For projects over $10 Million, design the project according to the principles of Context Sensitive Solutions
• Public art, placemaking features, outreach
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Sample Requirement - UE8• Incorporate climate change adaptation into overall
project design including plant and material choices. Consult Climate-Ready Checklist of Natural Areas and Green Spaces document.
• Plants, plant types, soil considerations
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Sample Requirement - CM2
• All projects of $5 Million or more have a monitoring and commissioning plan
• Construction Consideration– Contractor participation in
commissioning
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Implementation• Project Documentation and Tracking• Data and Measurement• Economics• Strategies (Volume II)
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Project Documentation and Tracking
Project Number Project Name
SR, I, US MP Limits Contract Number
REVIEW ITEMSA. SCOPING (to be completed after project scoping) Yes No(1) N/A REMARKS
1. Did the project team evaluate potential synergies with nearby CDOT and Water Dept. projects? o o o2. Did the project team coordinate with utility agencies to avoid construction inefficiencies? o o o3. Did the project team considered partnering with nearby community groups and adjacent property owners to maximize co-benefits?
o o o
• Follows a project from inception to commissioning• Provides summary of sustainable goals and implementation• Provides a document chain of responsibility
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Project Documentation and Tracking
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Data and Measurement• Data informs and improves design decisions with specific
information about project area– Soils– Land use– Tree canopy– Urban heat island data map
• Performance metrics• Monitoring• Modeling• Reporting
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Economics• Sustainability Valuation
– Incorporating environmental costs and benefits ---in dollars--- of the project into a cost-benefit ratio
• Ability to communicate environmental and social values of the project in dollars
• Ability to assess contribution to the economy• Looking at total project cost (life-cycle)
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Strategy - Volume II
• Strategies• Descriptions of How To• Guide for Calculations• Some Technical Drawings• Description of Policies
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Strategies – Volume II
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Integrated Design: Blue Island Cross Section
Bike/ Parking Lane
High SRI for Lighting and UHI
Permeable Pavement for StormwaterManagement
Photocatalyticfor Air Quality
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Lawrence Avenue
Proposed Cross Section
Streetscapes – Lawrence Avenue
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Next Steps
Gather your inputRevise final documentRelease Guidelines & Policies in early spring Introduce ordinance
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Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Guidelines and Policies
• Looked across best practices and pilot projects
• Compiled into a document that integrates sustainability throughout:– Planning– Design – Construction – Maintenance of Public
Space
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Sustainable 2015Set specific city goals Set performance metricsInformed SUIG requirements and policies
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National Best PracticesRating System Review Process Roadway
Design & Construction
BuildingDesign & Construction
Site Development
Community Development
GreenroadsTMThird Party
INVEST Self-assessment
envisionTMThird Party
STARS-Project Third Party
STEED Self-assessment
Sustainable Sites Initiative
Not Established
GreenLITES Self-assessment
I-LASTTMSelf-assessment
BE2ST in Highways Self-assessment
GreenPave Self-assessment
Green Guide for Roads Self-assessment
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• Sustainable Workbook– Integration with Complete Streets– Summary of decision making process– Evaluation of data and context– Technical documentation
Project Documentation and Tracking
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Data and Measurement• Performance metrics
• Monitoring• Modeling• Reporting