The purpose of this study is to ascertain impact of food trucks on park uses by analyzing whether the number of visitors who stay to eat and drink in urban parks increases and whether other park users change park use, because of the locating of food trucks. The results of an observational survey conducted in an urban park showed that the number of visitors who stayed increased from 30 to 100 on days when food trucks were present. Conversely, the number of visitors who stayed to eat and drink decreased from 12 to 55. In addition, no change in the average park-wide dwelling time occurred, regardless of whether food trucks were located or not. A questionnaire survey involving all park users revealed that 99.1% of respondents had never opted to change the location of their park visitations based on food trucks’ queues or noise. The above results indicate that locating food trucks in urban parks located in commercial districts, metropolitan areas has little effect on the number of park visitors, duration of their stay, and impact on other park uses.
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