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In a mail survey of 404 U.S. drivers, visual preference increased for roadways with vegetation screening adjacent commercial land uses. Generally, visual preference increased with both increased quantities of vegetation and increased height and density of trees.

Wolf, Kathleen L. (2003). Freeway roadside management: The urban forest beyond the white line. Journal of Arboriculture 29(3), 127-136.

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