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throwawayyyycuk t1_jajn75a wrote

Close off the square and the surrounding block to vehicle traffic to start, it’s nuts that people drive through the square to get where they’re going. It’s inconvenient for cars and pedestrians, and I feel like half the time people only go through it by accident because everyone who frequents downtown never drives through the square unless they have to, because there are better ways.

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VaderTower t1_jak1dfo wrote

In theory I love this idea and have proposed this to many people.

Problem is how do you get deliveries to the businesses if you block both their front and back streets? Now you have to deliver and hand truck everything a block and you'd just have delivery trucks idling around that outside.

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throwawayyyycuk t1_jakjhoe wrote

Closing it to traveling vehicles wouldn’t mean we would get rid of the road, they could have those retractable bollards so that trucks could get through

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VaderTower t1_jamdf9g wrote

I guess in addition what I'm saying is all of those businesses, or at least a large majority are VERY against this idea because of what I mentioned with logistics.

Without the businesses you're impacting on board, it's dead in the water.

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the_honeyman t1_jakpovn wrote

Plus, it creates jobs by adding the need for gate attendant positions to let work trucks/emergency vehicles in.

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pssssn t1_jajqphr wrote

I'd love this, along with a block to the west, east, and south.

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