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Land Use Strategies

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Land use refers to the patterns of residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and other types of land uses in a community. Typically, although not always, zoning policies and codes determine how these uses are distributed across the landscape. 

​Effective transportation decision-making cannot be made without considering land use. How a street functions is based on the surrounding land use patterns.

Below are the land use strategies currently featured in Streetsmart:

• Local Accessibility
• Regional Accessibility
• Residential Density
• Land Use Mix
• Street Network Connectivity​