ANN ARBOR, MI — A street that can essentially drink water. That was the idea when Ann Arbor’s Sylvan Avenue was repaved in ...

As mentioned, permeable pavements eliminate impervious areas in a watershed, without sacrificing road and parking space. The permeable pavement itself is only the top layer of a larger permeable ...

As Australia continues to mop up after one of the wettest years on record, councils might want to consider a new flood mitigation strategy -- permeable pavements to suit specific soil and rainfall ...

Cities in the Netherlands are experimenting with a greener approach to urban surfaces by using grass-filled permeable paving ...

Last week, Chicago officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on “the greenest street in America,” a two-mile stretch of Cermak Road and Blue Island Avenue in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood. In addition ...

Cyclists in Spokane’s Lincoln Heights and Glenrose neighborhoods may have a little bumpier ride starting next year, but at least it’ll be drier. Construction is set to begin in 2015 on what will be ...

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In a quiet corner of campus, an experiment is underway that promises to help demonstrate new ways to manage stormwater in the context of climate change. A 12-car student parking lot on Mandelle Road, ...

All new road projects in New Orleans will be required to use permeable pavement for parking lanes and sidewalks to help reduce flooding under an ordinance adopted by the City Council on Thursday. The ...

Seers don’t generally gaze into the pavement to tell the future. Such visions are better found in a crystal ball, the bottom of a tea cup or in the palm of a hand. But if any oracles want to divine ...