Yes it does. It’s purpose as a means for motorized vehicles to move from a to b is closed. It is now a pedestrian area. It is not a road for pedestrians, because it’s purpose is not to provide transport form a to b. It’s purpose is to house an event.
That’s a street. Streets have existed for millennia, and their purpose is to provide a common space within a city for human social and economic activity. This photo depicts that original purpose. Streets were only arrogated by motor vehicle manufactures about a century ago.
You’re discribing something else. A plaza or a patio or whatever. A street has always been a passage from one place to another. A century ago, there was room for human social and economic activity. That was not it’s purpose, it was a common side effect of free, public space. When cars came, so came the rules that banned people from those streets.
I hear ya, but various cities are re-thinking this to help revitalize their downtowns. For example, streets can be made pedestrian-only during the summer to create outdoor dining or event spaces then returned to car-focused during the winter. Businesses love this because it turns out if you have a lot of people just wandering around, more people come into your business. So next time the roads need major repairs, they are redesigned to be pedestrian-focused in summer and car-focused in winter.
Yes it does. It’s purpose as a means for motorized vehicles to move from a to b is closed. It is now a pedestrian area. It is not a road for pedestrians, because it’s purpose is not to provide transport form a to b. It’s purpose is to house an event.
That’s a street. Streets have existed for millennia, and their purpose is to provide a common space within a city for human social and economic activity. This photo depicts that original purpose. Streets were only arrogated by motor vehicle manufactures about a century ago.
“Road temporarily/permanently street”
You’re discribing something else. A plaza or a patio or whatever. A street has always been a passage from one place to another. A century ago, there was room for human social and economic activity. That was not it’s purpose, it was a common side effect of free, public space. When cars came, so came the rules that banned people from those streets.
I hear ya, but various cities are re-thinking this to help revitalize their downtowns. For example, streets can be made pedestrian-only during the summer to create outdoor dining or event spaces then returned to car-focused during the winter. Businesses love this because it turns out if you have a lot of people just wandering around, more people come into your business. So next time the roads need major repairs, they are redesigned to be pedestrian-focused in summer and car-focused in winter.