The list of businesses directly affected by proximity to traffic consists of:

1. Gas stations

Everything else does better when the storefront is nearer the road, assuming all things else are equal (ie., rear parking vs front parking). However, to do this right you often need two entrances for the business, which can complicate things.

Well, maybe if I can't park my bike directly in front of it. But there's never enough space for all the cars of all the customers; car drivers are used to having to walk the last bit.

Typical seat-of-the-pants, non-data-driven business thinking. Knee jerk pablum.

Considering the number of food-delivery cars constantly double parked along the restaurant-dense streets of my area, the restaurants would probably lose a fair bit of business if cars couldn't access them.

why can't all those trips be done by e-bike?