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Mobility and Access > Best Practices > 01 a
a.
Align and connect all new streets in public and private projects with public streets in adjoining properties.
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 i
i.
Explore providing urban agriculture in residual spaces, such as the right-of-way along railways and freeways (e.g., cloverleaf interchanges and land adjacent to on- and off-ramps).
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 h
h.
Provide urban agriculture areas in high density neighborhoods where access to private open space is scarce.
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 g
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Locate in communities that have expressed interest in having agricultural areas and thus can be relied on to maintain these areas.
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 f
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Ensure planting beds do not in any way impact the need for a contiguous ADA-compliant pedestrian path.
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 e
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On sidewalks in mixed-use commercial corridors, demarcate outdoor dining and retail areas with raised beds or pots instead of conventional railings to provide a desirable advertisement for uses such as restaurants, cafés, gardening stores, etc.
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 d
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Explore urban agriculture on local commercial streets that provide similar opportunities as residential streets. However, commercial streets need to respect the needs of the adjoining land use, such as outdoor dining.
Urban Agriculture > Best Practices > 01 c
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Select residential streets with a right-of-way of 50 feet or more and relatively low traffic volumes. These streets provide the greatest opportunities for urban agriculture within planting strips, medians and bulbouts.

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