Plazas, for example, convert underused street space into public areas furnished with tables and seating. Parklets are smaller versions of the same idea: liberating two or three street parking spaces, and transforming them into twenty-foot-long (or longer) spaces, each the width of a parking space, complete with benches, planters, tables, and even shade trees or umbrellas. Bike corrals use the same footprint as parklets for bike racks, which encourage cycling, and preserve sidewalks for walking. All of the People St initiatives remake LA’s streets and punctuate the city’s sidewalks with
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130. Blur public- private spaces. Parklets turn parking spaces to
Shaded seating,bike corrals into bike parking, LA great streets project.
