Invisible Structures
Excellent, comprehensive materials from a company that produces alterative paving materials.  Describes the products offered, what their benefits are, includes many examples, and even provides sample specifications.

Cool Alternative Paving Materials and Techniques
Sacramento Cool Community Program list of 12 "cool" alternatives to asphalt paving.  Gives brief description of product, how to use it, cost, and contacts.

Residential Traffic Calming Devices
Montgomery County, MD, Dept. of Public Works & Transportation document  that lists traffic calming strategies (e.g. roundabouts, curb extensions, speed humps, raised intersections) and gives a brief description of each.

Traffic Calming Measures
Institute of Transportation Engineers index page with traffic calming measures divided into 4 categories: horizontal, vertical, closures, narrowing. Has pictures of each measure and links to fact sheets.  Developers who create private drives may be interested in traffic calming to extend longevity of roads.

Traffic Calming Measures: Speed Hump
Institute of Transportation Engineers fact sheet. Includes descriptions, applications, design/installation issues, potential impacts, costs, etc. Outlines the following traffic calming measures:

• Speed Tables
• Raised Intersections
• Closures
• Neighborhood Traffic Circles
• Chicanes
• Chokers
• Center Island Narrowing

Transportation Demand Management Programs
Cambridge, MA Environmental and Transportation Planning Division example programs which includes: promoting carsharing, public transit subsidy program, bicycle rack installation program, etc.

Press Release: City of Cambridge Awards Contract for Carsharing Parking to Zipcar
Cambridge, MA Environmental and Transportation Planning Division's plan to dedicate some of its spaces in public lots to carsharing.

Residential Traffic Calming Program
Montgomery County, MD, Dept. of Public Works & Transportation presentation of the "triage" system Montgomery County uses to address excessive speeds on residential streets.  Their strategy involves combinations of education, engineering, & enforcement.

Traffic Calming Measures That May Be Considered: Arterial Versus Residential Roadway
Montgomery County, MD, Dept. of Public Works & Transportation table showing strategies employed with arterial versus residential streets.

Residential Speed Hump Program, Evaluation Process & Application Guidelines
Montgomery County, MD, Dept. of Public Works & Transportation document that explains the process by which residents apply for a speed hump to be located in their neighborhood. Includes application procedure, justification criteria, plan development process, and resident concurrence process.

Construction of Portland Cement Pervious Pavement.
Guide from the Florida Concrete and Products Association on how to install pervious pavement. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy. Specification/Contract/Purchasing Language

Gravelpave2 Tech Specs
Construction/installation specs from Invisible Structures, which can be dropped right into a spec book.  Available in MS Word format. Design details also downloadable.

Grasspave2 Tech Specs
Construction/installation specs from Invisible Structures, which can be dropped right into a spec book. Available in MS Word format. Design details also downloadable. Recommended Specifications for Portland Cement Pervious Pavement.   Pavement specifications guide from Georgia Concrete and Products Association, Inc. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy.

Stormwater Design Guide
Guide from the Florida Concrete and Products Association on how to most effectively design stormwater systems. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy.

Paving the Road to Success U.S. EPA, EPP, Pilot Program 
Case study about the Department of Defense's parking lot repair & maintenance contract.  Does not provide product information; just process.  May be helpful to other agencies/institutions looking to structure a similar contract.

Granite Street, Cambridge MA, Traffic Calming Project Evaluation
Cambridge, MA Environmental and Transportation Planning Division report that Includes description of work completed, analysis of improvements (reduction in speed, etc.), and perceptions of residents.

CarSharing.net
The Car Sharing Network document that lists  the status of carsharing in many U.S. cities, and includes links to the cities' carsharing site.

Project Profile:  University of South Alabama, Michell Center - Mobile, AL
Case study of  Michell Center parking lot that used Invisible Structures Gravelpave2.  Includes size of facility, architect, project summary.  Has pictures and references to media coverage.

Project Profile:  Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Invisible Structures case study for Gravelpave2.  Includes size of facility, architect, project summary.  Has pictures and references to media coverage.

Project Profile:  Westfarms Mall, West Haven, CT
Invisible Structures case study for Grasspave2.  Includes size of facility, architect, project summary.  Has pictures and references to media coverage.

Project Profile:  Orange Bowl, Miami, FL
Invisible Structures case study for Grasspave2.  Includes size of facility, architect, project summary.  Has pictures and references to media coverage.

Pavement Busters Guide
Victoria Transport Policy Institute planning paper.  Not useful for someone about to build a road or parking lot, looking for alternative paving materials.  Could be useful for introducing someone in municipal government (councilperson, planner, etc.) to the ideas.

  Traffic Calming:  Roadway Design to Reduce Traffic Speeds and Volumes
From Victoria Transport Policy Institute's Transportation Demand Management Encyclopedia, contains readily useful information specifically about Traffic Calming:  what is it, how is it implemented, travel impacts, benefits and costs, and links to resources & case studies.

  Parking Management:  Strategies for More Efficient Use of Parking Resources
From Victoria Transport Policy Institute's  Transportation Demand Management Encyclopedia.  Similar to above with same categories of information.

  Carsharing and Mobility Services
WestStart - CALSTART's academic piece on carsharing - Market Potential, Potential Reductions in Travel, Organizational Structure & Partnerships, Economics & Pricing, Policy Strategies & Initiatives, etc.  Good for municipalities looking for a Transportation Demand Management program to promote.

Traffic Calming:  Benefits, Costs, and Equity Impacts
Victoria Transport Policy Institute's endeavors to identify, and in most cases quantify, the benefits, costs, & equity impacts.  Provides a framework for evaluating a traffic calming project.

Traffic Calming:  State of the Practice Institute for Traffic Engineers 
Everything you ever wanted to know about traffic calming road design, with examples, costs, impacts, legal issues.  Has intro explaining what traffic calming is and why cities do it.  Also has a section on new developments.  Mainly geared towards municipalities.

Region V White Paper:  Asphalt Paving 
Shows how you calculate VOC emissions in a paving project.

Region V White Paper:  Parking Lot Shading

Traffic Calming: Creating Livable Communities
Campaign for Sensible Growth brochure on various methods to increase traffic calming in a neighborhood. Nice use of diagrams to visualize the methods. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy.

Shining a light on "Cool Communities". 
Environmental Council of Concrete Organizations informational guide on the Cool Communities partnerships, exmaples of work they have done, and how to participate. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy

Field Performance Investigation of Portland Cement Pervious Pavement.
Flordia Concrete and Products Association detailed report on durability of pervious pavements, degree of clogging of the pavements and field permeability. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy.

City of Cambridge, MA's Parking and Transportation Demand Management Ordinance
Cambridge, MA Environmental and Transportation Planning Division

 Transportation Demand and Trip Reduction Measures Beverly Hills Municipal Code
Requires parking lot set-asides for car and vanpool vehicles, bicycle racks, etc.

Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances
USDA Forest Service, International Society of Arboriculture's  resource for municipalities looking to develop a tree ordinance.  Recognizes there are different reasons each municipality might have for establishing a tree ordinance.  Walks through the steps of drafting the orinance.

Sacramento Parking Lot Shading Requirements
Excerpt from the Sacramento Zoning Ordinance Sacramento Cool Community Program zoning ordinance.  Simple & short.

On-Line Transportation Demand Management Encyclopedia
Web links toVictoria Transport Policy Institute information.

Traffic Calming Resources
Web links to traffic calming sites from the U.S. DOT, FHWA.

Traffic Calming for Communities:  Other Links Institute for Traffic Engineers
Links to municipal transportation sites.

Cool Alternative Paving Materials and Techniques Sacramento Cool Community Program
(Also listed under product information).  Lists contacts, with company name, address, and phone number, for the 12 "cool" alternative prodcuts to asphalt paving.

Pervious Concrete Suppliers.
List of suppliers and pavers of pervious concrete care of the Georgia Concrete & Products Association. Please contact the Clean Air Counts Office for a copy.

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