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TREE CANOPY <br />•Benefits: Increased shade and <br />thermal comfort, reduced urban heat <br />island effect, improves passive <br />cooling, beautification, enhanced <br />social spaces, and walkability <br />•Rough Order of Magnitude Cost: $ <br />VEGETATED PLANTING STRIPS <br />•Benefits: Enhanced pedestrian <br />safety,provides a buffer between <br />vehicles and pedestrians, and can <br />serve as a traffic calming feature. <br />•Rough Order of Magnitude Cost: $-$$ <br />Possible Strategies: Green Streets <br />Austin Pocket Patio, Austin, TX Niagara Medical Campus Streetscape, Buffalo, NY <br />Conceptual cross-section of a Green Street