1. Los Angeles
Coordinated
Street Furniture
Program
By Bureau of Street Services

2. What is the Coordinated Street Furniture Program?
The Coordinated Street Furniture Program is a long term franchise
agreement between the City of Los Angeles and CBS Decaux,
LLC, wherein the City grants CBS Decaux the exclusive right to
install and maintain its street furniture in exchange for the right to
sell and display advertising. Through this arrangement, the City is
able to realize the benefits and use of that furniture, as well as a
share of the revenues generated by the advertising. This Program
is actually a successor to the City’s previous Transit Shelter
Program, which was initiated in the early 1980’s, so it has been in
effect in one form or another with other service providers for over
20 years.
By Bureau of Street Services

3. What is the term of this Program?
This is a 20 year program. The City’s Contract with its service
provider, CBS Decaux, LLC, was initiated on December 21, 2001
and is set to expire on December 20, 2021.
By Bureau of Street Services

4. How many pieces of “furniture” amenities are provided through
this Program?
Through this Program, the City has the ability to receive the following:
- 2500 Transit Shelters with matching trash receptacles
- 500 Public Amenity Kiosks (PAK’s)
- 100 Pillar-Style Public Amenity Kiosks (Pillar-PAK’s)
- 100 Newsstand Vending Kiosks
- 150 Automated Public Toilets (APT’s)
By Bureau of Street Services

5. What is the City’s cost for this Program?
The City pays nothing for this program. All of the Program’s costs,
including capitol costs for the fabrication and installation of all 3350
pieces of furniture, and their continual up-keep and maintenance for
the 20 year duration of the Program are paid for by CBS-Decaux. CBS
Decaux not only pays for all of the operating costs for this Program, it
also provides the City with a share of the revenues generated by the
advertising.
By Bureau of Street Services

6. Transit Shelter
The transit shelters are
provided at designated transit
stops to provide shelter and
seating for bus patrons. The
typical transit shelter will be
12 to 14 feet in length, 4 ½ feet
Boulevard Collection in width, and stand 9 ½ feet in
height. They will be illuminated
at night to provide safety and
security for bus patrons.
Pacific Collection The shelters are designed
to be both attractive and
functional, and will be regularly
serviced on a weekly basis.
A toll free telephone number is
Sunset Collection
provided on each shelter to
report shelters that may need
special attention or more
frequent cleaning and
Heritage Collection servicing.
By Bureau of Street Services

7. Transit Shelter in Los Angeles

8. Automatic Public Toilets (APT)
The Automatic Public Toilet or APT for short, is a free
standing oval shaped structure that stands
approximately 9 ½ feet in height, 7 feet wide, and 12 ½
feet in length. The APT's exterior is constructed out of
powder coated (painted) metal and will be stylized to
match other street furniture elements within the a
particular area such as transit shelters. The exterior will
also have two panels available for either community
maps or public service announcements. The APT is
designed to be accessible to persons with disabilities,
and will be primarily coin operated. All units are self-
cleaning, which means that the entire interior of the
APT is sanitized after each use. All APT's will be
serviced and maintained a minimum of twice a day,
seven days a week, year-round, or more as required.
The APT's come equipped with a highly advanced
security system to dissuade illicit activities within the
units, as well as an emergency communication system
to alert authorities to any problems within the unit.
By Bureau of Street Services

9. Automatic Public Toilets in Los Angeles

10. Newsstand Kiosks
The Newsstand Kiosk is a freestanding, powder-
coated steel enclosure intended to replace the
permitted, green, wooden news vending kiosks
that currently exist within the Downtown traffic
core. The Newsstand Kiosks are designed to
match other furniture elements that are a part of
this program such as transit (bus) shelters, and
are being provided in a concerted effort to unify
the various furniture elements that exist on our
City Streets.
The Newsstand Kiosks stand approx. 9 feet tall,
and are 8 feet wide by 3½ feet deep (excluding
the kiosk's canopy). The Newsstand Kiosk will
have a single advertising panel on the side that
faces traffic lanes, and will be provided to the
existing, permitted vendors at no costs. CBS
Decaux, LLC, the City's provider of these facilities,
will maintain the exterior of the Kiosks a minimum
of twice a week, removing graffiti, providing
general cleaning, and replacement if required; the
occupying vendor will be responsible for
maintaining the interior of the Kiosk.
By Bureau of Street Services

11. Newsstand Kiosks in Los Angeles

12. Public Amenity Kiosks (PAK)
The Public Amenity Kiosk, or PAK for short, is a free
standing, three sided or two sided structure, that will
contain either one or two advertising panels, and one
panel available for a public amenity. Typical public
amenities provided by a PAK might include a local
vicinity map, community poster, or other form of public
service announcement. PAKs may also include
attractive signage above their panels that identifies a
particular community. Both two panel and three panel
PAKs will be 4 ½ feet in width and stand 9 feet tall;
three panel PAKs will be arranged in a triangular in
shape, with each panel forming a side.
By Bureau of Street Services

13. What is the “amenity” of a Public Amenity Kiosk? Aren’t PAK’s
just advertising structures?
The “amenity” of our PAK’s come in several forms.
Most of the amenities will come in the form of
community posters or public service
announcements that are placed at the request and
convenience of the City. Public information
posters, Community maps, emergency
telephones, recycling bins, and computer terminals
round out some of the other options available
through these structures. The PAK’s also come
with community identification banners at the top of
each furniture element, to note a particular area or
community within the City.
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14. Public Amenity Kiosk in Los Angeles

15. Because this is a City-wide Program, does this mean that my
neighborhood will be forced to have APT’s or PAK’s installed in it?
Although every attempt is being made to ensure
that there is some parity in the distribution of
Program Furniture, there are no contractual
requirements that stipulate APT’s or other furniture
amenities are to be evenly distributed by some
mathematical equation amongst the fifteen Council
Districts. This was done to provide the City with
the flexibility to locate furniture in areas that are
really in need the facilities. Each piece of furniture
goes through an extensive review and approval
process before a permit is granted for installation.
Required approvals include the local City Council
Office, eight City Departments and agencies, and
the adjacent property owner. City Council Offices
may also mandate that sites are reviewed by
Neighborhood Councils, Homeowner Associations
or other community based organizations, which is
done on a regular basis.
By Bureau of Street Services

16. Los Angeles
Coordinated Street Furniture Program is ….for your community.
By Bureau of Street Services