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163 What UCD found is that parklets located directly outside the right types of businesses can create a dynamic that brings a neighborhood together – picture families stopping for dinner or treats, lingering to socialize, and attracting passing acquaintances to stop and chat. The most successful parklet in the study, a 240-square-foot space located outside a taco shop and a popsicle store in a medium-density residential area, attracted as many as 150 individual users in a single day. In particular, two parameters emerged as the strongest predictors of parklet success. The first was modest interior seating capacity within a main adjacent business, coupled with high turnover of that same interior seating. The second was large windows on the main adjacent business, which tend to increase the sense of connection between the business interior and the exterior parklet space. The study also found that the parklets attracted a roughly even mix of men and women, a statistic that would indicate they are safe and welcoming spaces. And 20 to 30 percent of users were not customers of an adjacent business, answering concerns that the creation of a parklet removes street space from the public realm for the sole benefit of a private business. For participating businesses, however, the benefits are clearly measurable. Owners reported a 20 percent increase in sales in the two weeks following a parklet installation, the report notes. “Put all these things together and something new emerges,” says Budick. “All of a sudden everyone in the neighborhood is stopping there.” 0 To create a parklet, several parking spots are . turned into a park 1 The creation of parklets is becoming . 2 Parklets have been criticised because . (Give one answer.) 3 UCD works together with companies in the area to . 4 UCD has conducted a study to improve the . 5 After the installation of a parklet, a shopkeeper reported . (Give one answer.) 6 The UCD study in Philadelphia is focused on parklets in . 7 A parklet in a residential area can . 8 A parklet works especially well if the shop next to it . (Give one answer.) 9 About a quarter of parklet users . Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv