Portland does a great job of creating individual cells that daisy chain together with each cell having an inlet and an outlet. Most of their examples are on pretty shallow grade, though and street in the St. John's area outside Portland was a bit st…
I know Portland, OR has installed several different types of curb cuts, both as a part of new construction and as retrofits. Someone there could be a great resource for dimensions, etc. I have attached a few photos of one of their projects. Good luc…
State Highway has a detail for curb cuts, with a concrete flume -ish thing. But this, as said before, will concentrate the flow and then you have to look at putting in rip rap or some other energy dissipation device, which may not be attractive. A d…
You could go completely curbless and sheet flow into planting which will reduce the concern for erosion through certain strategically placed "inlets" unless you are trying to hold grade in some areas...Another interesting thing to think about it a p…
Searching for feedback/examples/details/etc....Currently designing a bioswale between parking/drive lane w/ curb cuts allowing runoff to enter. Anyone have any suggestions on spacing between cuts, dimensions of cuts, concerns regarding erosion at i…
We put bulb-outs mid-block in Charlottesville, created a wavy driving pattern, and, man, if you don't get buy-in from the public, the public just aims at those things and drives over them, shocks be damned..I say put in stop signs..A heck of a lot c…
Not being at an intersection should actually be a bit easier than otherwise. We to mid-block neck-downs out here all the time. You lose some on-street parking (if you had it to start with), but you also gain some potential stormwater benefits if the…