[Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 29 Mar 2024 to 30 Mar 2024 (#2024-83)

[dave@wilton.net]

Which is distinct from "parkette," which is a Canadianism (restricted to just Toronto?) for a small park, often created in traffic islands or other spandrels of unused space. "Parkette" dates to the 1950s.
 
 
 
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From: "Amy West" <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
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"Parklet" is different than "streetery" both in signification, use (both 
term and referent), and development. There's a wide variety of 
"parklets" and their use is primarily to improve walkability by 
providing street shade, pedestrian rest areas, and reducing street 
parking, which can be part of traffic calming and improving pedestrian 
safety.

I'm familiar with "parklet" from my biking & walking advocacy volunteer 
work.

---Amy West

On 3/31/24 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> "Streetery" comes with an alternative-design partner - "parklet". This one
> appears to have been in use well before 2020, although I did not try to
> trace it.

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