“U.S Forest Service facts and figures and new traffic safety studies detail many urban street tree benefits. Once seen problematic for many reasons, street trees are proving to be a great value to people living, working, shopping, sharing, walking and motoring in and through urban places.
Generally planted from 4 feet to 8 feet from curbs, they provide many benefits to those streets they occupy. These trees provide so many benefits that they should always be considered as an urban area default street making feature.re well on the way to recognizing the
The many identified problems of street trees are overcome with care by designers. Generally street trees are placed each 15-30 feet. These trees are carefully positioned to allow adequate sight triangles at intersections and driveways, to not block street luminaries, not impact utility lines above or below ground. Properly placed and spaced urban street trees provide a number of benefits.”
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