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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:42:59 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> sf > wrote:
>
> >Your idea is fine if they only want to attract neighborhood people to
> >shop downtown, but if they want to attract the wider public for
> >destination shopping - they need to provide more off street public
> >parking, improve public transportation (provide on and off shuttles
> >for one thing) and increase taxi availability. Same goes for every
> >other city center.
>
> So you can't wrap your mind around the idea of a city of millions
> of people who is able to shop without driving private motor
> vehicles?

How are you going to deal with out of towners? That's what I'm
talking about. If you want them to come (and we want the revenue),
you need to warehouse their automobiles somewhere while they get
around on public transit.
>
> It's not like it's never happened, and it is a close description
> of quite a few cities even today, in the age of the automobile.
>
The only thing that has happened in big cities is one street has been
closed for a few blocks. Nothing earth shattering. Even San
Francisco has one of those. It's called Maiden Lane.

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