The state of Connecticut ranks number one in the U.S. for direct sales from farmers to consumers, yet food accessibility remains a pressing challenge in the city of New Haven. This project uses design as a tool to engage with policy, zoning, and decision-making at the urban scale, proposing mobile food vending as a spatial and legal strategy to expand access for local food actors.

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The work unfolds across three layers:

- A spatial and legal reading of the city’s mobile vending constraints and potentials.

-An illustrated manual that translates regulations into accessible design guidelines for mobile carts.

-A speculative urban proposal that reimagines how streets, sidewalks, and adjacent buildings might support shared food infrastructure. 

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These strategies challenge the vehicular logic of vending and invite more inclusive, flexible forms of participation in the urban food system.