"Parklets should include an open guardrail to define the space. Railings should be no higher than 3 feet and be capable of withstanding at least 200 feet of horizontal force."--from one city's rules for parklets.
One of the changes brought to Santa Rosa by the pandemic has been the rise of parklets, where parking space in front of a cafe gets converted into an outdoor dining room. In a pandemic it's safer to eat outdoors and not as noisy. You can talk during lunch.
In some cities, parklets have turned into traffic-free greenways. Studies show that the parklets bring more walking and biking.
I'm hoping many of our parklets will become permanent. Good parklets can cost up to $50,000 to build. We don't have much bad weather here. We can do parklets year 'round.
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