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Thursday, August 13, 2026

In 2016, the city of Riverton replaced several downtown parking spaces with "parklets," small wooden platforms holding benches and planters. According to a report from the Riverton Planning Office, the pilot project turned 18 parking spaces into 6 parklets. Each one was built with removable sections so they could be taken out for street repairs. The report notes that nearby businesses first worried about losing customers who drove. So the city tracked foot traffic for three months before and after installation. Average pedestrian counts on the two busiest blocks rose from 1,200 people per day to 1,380. The report also includes a survey of 214 visitors. About 62 percent said they stayed longer because there was a comfortable place to sit. About 41 percent said they were more likely to enter a shop after using a parklet. However, the report adds a caution. The results may not apply to every neighborhood, because the pilot area already had frequent bus service and wide sidewalks.

Which quote from the passage best shows that the city used real data, not just opinions, to judge whether parklets affected downtown activity?

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In 2016, the city of Riverton replaced several downtown parking spaces with "parklets," small wooden platforms holding benches and planters. According to a report from the Riverton Planning Office, the pilot project turned 18 parking spaces into 6 parklets. Each one was built with removable sections so they could be taken out for street repairs. The report notes that nearby businesses first worried about losing customers who drove. So the city tracked foot traffic for three months before and after installation. Average pedestrian counts on the two busiest blocks rose from 1,200 people per day to 1,380. The report also includes a survey of 214 visitors. About 62 percent said they stayed longer because there was a comfortable place to sit. About 41 percent said they were more likely to enter a shop after using a parklet. However, the report adds a caution. The results may not apply to every neighborhood, because the pilot area already had frequent bus service and wide sidewalks.

Which quote from the passage best shows that the city used real data, not just opinions, to judge whether parklets affected downtown activity?

  1. The report cautions that its findings may not apply to every neighborhood with different local conditions.
  2. Nearby businesses first worried that they would lose the customers who drove downtown to shop.
  3. The city measured how many people walked past for three months before and after installation. (correct answer)
  4. Each parklet was a wooden platform built with removable sections that hold benches and planters.

Explanation: Real data means facts the city actually counted or measured, not people's feelings or guesses. Counting how many people walked past over three months, both before and after the parklets went in, gives the city hard numbers to compare, so this choice is correct. The choice about the report's warning describes a limit on the findings, not the measurement itself. The choice about businesses worrying reports an opinion, which is the opposite of measured data. The choice describing the platforms and their removable sections is just a physical definition of a parklet and involves no data about downtown activity at all.