09-21-2020, 10:51 PM
(09-21-2020, 07:55 PM)tomh009 Wrote: And, in any case, the single most important goal was to actually get the LRT approved!
Totally.
(09-21-2020, 09:57 PM)panamaniac Wrote: As I recall it, to the extent it was successful, it was because King was still a significant retail destination and the merchants were able to put their merchandise out in the street. It would be a very different environment today - perhaps a food/entertainment district? That might work in the May-October period, but I’m not sure what it would be in winter. Personally, I’d keep King open to traffic, for now at least, while pedestrianizing side streets.
There are a bunch of examples of pedestrianizations not working, and definitely year-round ones. Quebec City has another one. Montreal has summer pedestrianization of Ste-Catherine in the Village which seems to work. I don't have an overall theory of when pedestrianization works and when it doesn't.