street furniture
noun [ U ]
geography
UK specialized uk
/ˈstriːt ˌfɜː.nɪ.tʃər/ us
/ˈstriːt ˌfɝː.nɪ.tʃɚ/Meaning of street furniture in English
(Definition of street furniture from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of street furniture
street furniture
Pavements, kerbs, signs, road markings, diverse street furniture, pedestrians and moving traffic were represented.
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The battle against street furniture and clutter is not one for prohibition.
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They also have duties in regard of speed, pedestrian crossings, street furniture and other safety aspects.
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A number of other measures are planned, including the re-siting of bus stops and other street furniture and the provision of bus draw-ins.
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If someone is extremely reckless, then he is likely to go on being reckless regardless of the fact that there is more street furniture about.
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There is no single width of an abnormal load that would result in the automatic removal of street furniture.
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The whole street is refurbished with different street furniture.
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The fact is that street furniture should be improved, and there are encouraging signs that the public takes this matter very seriously.
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That leads to hugely disproportionate costs in street cleaning, refuse collection, ground and street furniture maintenance and, particularly, policing.
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Our streets may be cluttered more in 1981 than ever before with what can be called extraneous street furniture.
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Those posters are stuck on telephone kiosks and any piece of street furniture which does not move.
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This has involved ricochets from street furniture, kerbs, door frames and riot debris as well as inside buildings.
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The growth of traffic restrictions and, consequently, street furniture is one of the most striking things in our cities.
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There is much less "street furniture", as it is called, which is so disfiguring and so costly.
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It seeks to make those who wish to put down street furniture give the local authority 28 days' notice.
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