Street furniture is a collective term (used in the
United Kingdom and
Canada) for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes. It includes
benches,
traffic barriers,
bollards,
post boxes,
phone boxes,
streetlamps,
traffic lights,
traffic signs,
bus stops,
tram stops,
taxi stands, public lavatories,
fountains,
watering troughs,
memorials,
public sculptures, and
waste receptacles. An important consideration in the design of street furniture is how it affects
road safety.