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restriction ofaccess to astreet topedestrians only
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Virtually every sun-belt city – from Dallas to Los Angeles to Las Vegas to Houston to Phoenix to Miami to Atlanta – is expanding its transit system and carrying out pedestrianization projects to attract people downtown.
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» The pedestrianization of Times Square • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape
» The pedestrianization of Times Square • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009
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Virtually every sun-belt city – from Dallas to Los Angeles to Las Vegas to Houston to Phoenix to Miami to Atlanta – is expanding its transit system and carrying out pedestrianization projects to attract people downtown.
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And most central city “pedestrianization projects” consist of closing a short section of road in downtown retail areas to motor vehicles to create a kind of outdoor shopping mall in an attempt to compete with suburban shopping malls.
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"Generally, I'm a believer in pedestrianization and fewer traffic lanes full of traffic."
City Drops Plaza Plan For 34th Andrew Grossman 2011
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And most central city “pedestrianization projects” consist of closing a short section of road in downtown retail areas to motor vehicles to create a kind of outdoor shopping mall in an attempt to compete with suburban shopping malls. joe from Lowell Says:
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These asphalt/concrete illustrations of what LA might do include the pedestrianization of Times Square and New York's construction of 200 miles of new bike facilities.
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A less expensive pedestrianization strategy was to close selected streets to traffic and add benches, landscaping, and fountains.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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Over the following two decades, more than two hundred North American cities undertook similar pedestrianization measures.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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These asphalt/concrete illustrations of what LA might do include the pedestrianization of Times Square and New York's construction of 200 miles of new bike facilities.
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