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id="main">   <div id="lars_blogger_left"> <div class="lars_blogger_content_table">    <div class="lars_blogger_entry"> <a name="10:58 AM, Thursday"></a> <div class="lars_blogger_title"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/us/26busstop.html?_r=1&emc=eta1&oref=slogin">Outdoor "Living Rooms" in Central Los Angeles </a> <span class="lars_blogger_title_url">[www.nytimes.com]</span> </p> </div> <div class="lars_blogger_text"> <p align="right"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041im_/http://www2.pps.org/file-storage/view/26busstop01_650.jpg" height="273" width="398"/><font size="1"><em>Photo Source: Monica Almeida/The New York Times</em></font> </p> <p> </p> <div align="right"> <div align="justify"> </div> <p align="justify"><em>The New York Times</em> reports on new colorful outdoor benches being used in several Los Angeles neighborhoods to improve the street environment. These neighborhoods, comprised of low-income immigrant residents, have lacked basic street amenities for too long, especially at bus stops. </p> <div align="justify"> </div> <p align="justify"><u><a target="_blank" title="Central City Neighborhood Partners" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041/http://www.laccnp.org/">Central City Neighborhood Partners</a></u>, a non-profit operating in the Central City and Westlake areas of LA, organized user surveys at numerous bus stops. Over 500 random respondents answered questions about comfort, transportation cost and overall customer service. The most requested amenity residents said they wanted was a bench. </p> <div align="justify">Five different transportation entities in LA are responsible for bus stops, and they have limited inter-organizational relationships. For this reason, most bus stops in these neighborhoods lack benches, proper lighting and a shelter. <br/> </div> <p align="left">James Rojas from the <u><a title="Latino Urban Forum" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041/http://www.latinourbanforum.com/">Latino Urban Forum</a></u> writes in <strong><em>Rethinking Bus Stops</em></strong>: </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Garamond083.313";">"Like train stations and airports, bus stops are the 'welcome mats' to the transit system and the communities they serve. The user is introduced to the transit system and the different communities and locations that the system serves through the bus stop."</span>  </p> <p align="left"> </p> </div> <p><strong>Related links:</strong> <br/><a title="Rethinking Bus Stops" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041/http://www.spa.ucla.edu/critplan/past/volume006/02%20Rojas.pdf">Rethinking Bus Stops</a> [Critical Planning, Spring 1999] <br/><a title="Transit Friendly Streets" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041/http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/transit_friendly_sts">Transit Friendly Streets</a> [PPS Website] <br/><a title="Benches" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131041/http://www.pps.org/parks_plazas_squares/info/amenities_bb/benches">Benches</a> [PPS Website] </p> </div> <p class="lars_blogger_poster"> 10:58 AM, Thursday by <strong>Michael Kodransky</strong> <br> in <a href="/web/20080509131041/http://www2.pps.org/news/swcat/871">Transportation & Streets</a> 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