Granville's pedestrian summer is over. What worked beyond the busiest blocks?

Granville Street's extended pedestrian zone ended on September 7. For seven weeks after the World Cup phase, people could use the street for events, markets and ordinary wandering without through traffic. Downtown Van's September account says the early response was encouraging.

Even Downtown Van says the summer went differently from block to block. Some restaurants and bars reported unusually strong traffic. We're still waiting to hear more about the daytime shops and the quieter days between events.

Downtown Van says it will work with the City on a fuller assessment of the economic and social effects, expected by winter. We'd like to see it before next summer's plans are settled, especially what happened to the shops away from the busiest blocks.

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