Surfing the net I found this curious initiative. PARK[ing] DAY es el nombre de un evento durante el cual individuos o grupos de personas transforman lugares de estacionamiento, other parking spaces and parking spaces for motor vehicles, en áreas públicas o micro jardines para la congregación y el disfrute tras habérselo arrebatado (de forma legal y pacífica) a los vehículos de motor.
Park(ing) day en Nueva York. Photos: Flickr
El procedimiento es sencillo, se paga el parquímetro de la plaza escogida. Posteriormente se ocupa el espacio de la manera deseada para finalmente usarlo como lugar de vida social.Esta iniciativa comenzó en 2005 cuando Rebar, un colectivo artístico de San Francisco convirtió una plaza de estacionamiento común, de un área de dicha ciudad con gran déficit de espacios libres, en un pequeño parque público temporal. Later became a creative exploration project is distributed and used as urban public space. For example, a 70% Public space belongs to the "downtown" San Francisco is for the vehicle, while only a fraction of this space is allocated to the enjoyment of the pedestrian. Paying the meter of a parking space we have the chance to enjoy for a short period of urban public space. The question is what are the possible activities in this small space of time?
This project has become a global phenomenon, independently created by artists, activists and citizens whose purpose is to reprogram the traffic space to make it a swap space, recreation and artistic expression, citizen returning to what has always been yours.
Photos: Flickr
Very good, the downside is the amount of paper that is spent on the little machine ticketing, not very sustainable. That yes, if you do not pay to see who would get the fine….
No jokes, here in Palma we are in the controversy because it has taken a lane avenues to put one bike… I hope that the City remains in their courage and in a few years we have a city a little friendlier.
Greetings from the other islands
It's an important step that has been. Now it's a matter of awareness that disagree, its importance and contribution of urban quality. We will have to do more montages with the famous girl on bike…
A greeting
I'm just arrived from Holland, the country of bikes, and the truth is that it's a different mentality. There comes first bike, the rest will come later. Once I saw that cut a lane of an interstate highway to bring up the bikes because they were paving a stretch of bike path. A cars they put a temporary traffic light to go, and they take turns to pass through the lane that was free. Cool! Do not know if I ever will see in Spain something like.