Kirkland and Bellingham in WA have a couple of the greenest roads in America

[eridani]

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/05/23/5-greenest-roads-world?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-05-25

Where’s the greenest road in the world? Not the one lined with the most trees—the one that’s actually good at addressing pollution problems.

The recently completed $6.7 million road project in Kirkland, Washington, tops the rankings, according to Greenroads Foundation, a nonprofit that evaluates roads worldwide. It includes an 880-foot extension of the city’s 120th Street, and it rated the highest ever on Greenroads’ environmental checklist thanks to design features including LED streetlights, naturally filtered stormwater basins, and recycled asphalt.

Why does it even matter for a road—something designed to facilitate safe passage for carbon-emitting vehicles—be green?

“Roads aren’t going away anytime soon,” Steve Muench, a civil engineer at the University of Washington, told KUOW. “To ignore that is missing a huge opportunity to improve the community and the environment around these things.”

The Kirkland project is the 21st to receive Greenroads’ “Silver Road” certification, scoring the highest total ever—48 points out of a possible 118.

[freeplessinseattle]

1. Yay for my hometown!:)

Bellingham is really making me proud ever since I moved

Still prefer Seattle, though not entirely Freepless