[sustran] Re: local businesses suffer financially when a zone is pedestrianized

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

Bogotá has just pedestrianised a stretch of the city center's main
road (séptima, between 19th and 26th) since january, and commerce
representatives have said that their sales went down since then but
they don't have detailed data or a comprehensive before-after report.

Pardo

Probably written while riding a bicycle. Please excuse typos.

On 23/06/2012, at 3:38, eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org> wrote:

> Has anyone here ever run across a solid report or study showing that local
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> Most of us here know about the other side of this coin, but it occurred to
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> local conflicts and claims come up time and time again in cities around the
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> Kind thanks/Eric Britton
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