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! ,ANDSCAPE RATING WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF A QUIET
STREET WITH A LAWN STRIP FOR TREE PLANTING
!N 5RBAN 2ESIDENTIAL RATING WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE
OF A MODERATEUSAGE URBAN STREET WITH A SIDEWALK CUT
OUT FOR TREE PLANTING
!N 5RBAN #OMMERCIAL RATING WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE
OF A HEAVYUSAGE URBAN STREET WITH A SIDEWALK CUTOUT
FOR TREE PLANTING
6ERTICAL #LEARANCE
7IRES 7IRELESS
0OLE TO 0OLE ELECTRIC WIRES
LESS THAN OVERHEAD
.O WIRES AT ALL COMMUNI
CATION WIRES ONLY OR WIRES
CONNECTING BUILDING TO MAIN
LINES ACROSS THE STREET
3ITE #ONDITION ,ANDSCAPE 5RBAN 2ESIDENTIAL 5RBAN #OMMERCIAL
$ROUGHT #ONDITION #AUSED BY SURROUNDING
REFLECTIVE SURFACES LACK OF NEARBY LAWNS OR
MATURE TREES LACK OF IRRIGATION
,OW -EDIUM (IGH
3OIL #OMPACTION CAUSED BY TRUCK AND
BUS TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC PASSENGERS
UNLOADING FROM VEHICLES
,OW -EDIUM (IGH
3OIL 0OLLUTION CAUSED BY PEDESTRIAN WASTE
PET WASTE VEHICULAR POLLUTION ROAD SALT ,OW -EDIUM (IGH
4HE VERTICAL CLEARANCE CRITERION DETERMINES WHETHER AN
hUNDERWIREv DWARF OR ORNAMENTAL TREE IS NEEDED
4REE "ED 7IDTH DISTANCE PERPENDICULAR TO CURB
v VS v TO v VS v
4HIS LAST CRITERION IS AN INDICATOR OF TOTAL SOIL VOLUME
"ECAUSE MOST TREE BEDS ARE RECTANGULAR TO ACCOMMO
DATE PEDESTRIAN FLOW TREE BED WIDTH DISTANCE PERPEN
DICULAR TO CURB IS THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR HOW BIG A TREE
TRUNK CAN GET WITHOUT CAUSING SIDEWALK HEAVING
2ESULTS
)N TOTAL THERE ARE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF
THESE THREE CRITERIA SITE CONDITION VERTICAL CLEARANCE
AND TREE BED WIDTH THUS THESE ARE OUR DIFFERENT
STREET TREE BIOTOPES FOR .EW 9ORK #ITY
