IMPROVEMENT SITUATION AND THE PROCESS OF STREET ART PAVING ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS: A Case study of South approach street to KINARE, Tokamachi City

Recently the functions of streets as public spaces have been reframed. It is important to understand them not only for traffic-calming purposes but also for creating a “sense of place” in residential streets. The aim of this paper is to investigate an improvement project and the process of “street art paving” in a residential area in Tokamachi City, Niigata. The project’s success factors were due to low traffic street leading to the destination, well-communicated among people involved, judgement by the Public Safety Commission, low cost paving, and the street widening project requested by the residents.