Young Brunette Girl Reveals Her Leopard Print Scarf And White Beaded Necklace Outside In The Dark Alley

In some modern urban developments, a service road may be built to allow for waste collection, or rear access for fire engines and parking.
United States
In the United States alleys exist in both older commercial and residential areas, for both service purposes and automobile access. In residential areas, primarily those built before 1950, alleys provide rear access to property where a garage was located, or where waste could be collected by service vehicles. A benefit of this was the location of these activities to the rear, less public side of a dwelling. Such alleys are typically roughly paved, but some may be dirt. By 1950 they had largely disappeared from development plans for new homes.