How Daylighting Can Allow NYC’s Streets to Fight Flooding - City Limits

How Daylighting Can Allow NYC’s Streets to Fight Flooding - City Limits

“In most U.S. states, parking within 20 feet of crosswalks is prohibited. Known as ‘universal daylighting,’ this is primarily a safety measure that increases visibility at intersections. It also creates hundreds of feet of empty, usable curb space at every intersection.” A rain garden in South Ozone Park, Queens, designed to absorb water during storms. Freeing up street space through daylighting would allow the city to build many more, the autho…