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I don’t like the first conversion example. There is nothing in the middle that you couldn’t put on the side.
Instead of turning the middle part into pedestrian zone, I’d rather they chop off the outer lanes and extend the sidewalks, so there is more space in front of the businesses and houses where people live. Also, putting the trees on the sides instead of in the middle gives shade and sound-dampening where it is most needed.
It also means you only have to cross one two-lane crossing instead of 2 one-lane ones. Two lanes is small enough for a crossing.
As an extra, it also benefits cars, since it’s much simpler having one 2-way street than two 1-way streets.
I don’t like the first conversion example. There is nothing in the middle that you couldn’t put on the side.
Instead of turning the middle part into pedestrian zone, I’d rather they chop off the outer lanes and extend the sidewalks, so there is more space in front of the businesses and houses where people live. Also, putting the trees on the sides instead of in the middle gives shade and sound-dampening where it is most needed.
It also means you only have to cross one two-lane crossing instead of 2 one-lane ones. Two lanes is small enough for a crossing.
As an extra, it also benefits cars, since it’s much simpler having one 2-way street than two 1-way streets.