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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by SamReidHughes on Saturday October 06, 2018 @06:39PM (#18157709)
There have been pedestrianization attempts that failed. Just like failed malls. European cities mostly have a better layout for that sort of thing.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by cco on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:47PM (#18158432)
Do you have any examples? I'm always curious for counter points.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by tatami on Sunday October 07, 2018 @01:56AM (#18159046)
There were few mentioned in the comments to the article about Pontevedra.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18014283

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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by SamReidHughes on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:49PM (#18158747)
I don't know examples offhand, sorry. I mean, there's some if you google "failed pedestrian malls".
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by ocschwar on Saturday October 06, 2018 @11:02PM (#18158626)
I can point to one that succeeded quite nicely. Quincy Market in Boston.
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