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Pedestrian-friendly town centres are good for business, Living Streets report finds

Deniz Huseyin
29 November 2024

 

There is a “wealth of evidence” showing that those who walk or wheel to shops spend more money than drivers, and that pedestrianised town centres experience higher sales, says a new report from Living Streets. Walking realm improvements have an “excellent cost-benefit median ratio of 3.7”.

Originally published in 2013 and updated in 2018, the third edition of the Pedestrian Pound broadens the evidence base for improved walking environments to include the benefits of...

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