- Alias
- Green Streets Technical Guidelines
- Applies to
- designer
- Document date
- August 2017
Version 1.0 of the City of Toronto's technical guidelines for green infrastructure in the street right-of-way, co-led by Urban Design in City Planning and Toronto Water, circulated as Attachment 1, Part 1 to a Public Works report. It catalogues green street techniques from urban forest canopy, street trees in soil cells and open planters through bioretention planters, curb extensions and cells, rain gardens, stormwater tree pits and trenches, swales, green gutters, infiltration systems and permeable pavements, then adds a selection tool, operations and maintenance guidance and monitoring recommendations.
What it covers
- Executive Summary
- Section 1.0 | Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose of the Document
- 1.2 Green Streets
- 1.3 How to Use the Guidelines
- Section 2.0 | Green Infrastructure (GI) Techniques
- 2.1 Green Infrastructure Options
- 2.2 Climate Change Adaptation
- Section 3.0 | Technical Guidelines
- 3.1 Integration with Complete Streets
- 3.2 Green Street Techniques
- 3.3 Design and Construction Considerations
- 3.4 Technical Drawings
- Section 4.0 | Selection Tools
- Section 5.0 | Operations and Maintenance Guidelines
- Section 6.0 | Monitoring Recommendations
- Glossary of Terms
- Appendix C | Technical Drawings
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- Publisher
- City of Toronto
- Category
- Study requirements
- Published under
- Application Support Material Terms Of Reference — the municipality's own heading
- Agencies
- City Planning · Toronto Water · Transportation Services · Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Work types
- streetscape · stormwater management · tree planting
- Tags
guidelinegreen-infrastructurestormwaterstreetscapeurban-forest