But while business owners initially worried about the city creating a ghost town that no one would visit, the opposite seems to be true; as in other cities that have converted some streets to pedestrian-only areas, the areas in Oslo that have been pedestrianized are some of the most popular parts of the city, Marcussen says.
That's actually not good news in the sense that the idea that it's bad for business has been disproven decades ago and it keeps popping up.
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jon c.
Unfortunately, many American cities lack the compact centers needed to make this work to any real advantage.
Yes, but cities will only get denser and therefore in a way more compact, so in the long term the advantage wil get bigger.