Sun, 12 Jul 2009

Cars on K Street?

In Sacramento, the K Street mall is a pedestrian mall, i.e. no cars. Here's an article proposing that cars be returned to K Street. The mall has been without cars since 1969, but some businesses think that it should be restored to auto traffic to help increase business. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I don't spend much time downtown, and the mall is sort of going to seed, so I think it might be plausible. I'm not sure that cars are the answer for this area. I don't think that driving by will actually be the answer since, once the predominantly government-based population is gone, there is little reason to drive in this area on any street. One place I think that they should ban cars is in Old Sacramento. At least to me, personally, that would make it a much more appealing place to spend a week end day. Given the current economic conditions, it will be interesting to see just what we can afford for any option.

posted 08:46 [/Economy] permanent link