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The down side is that retail stores suffer because customers are less likely to visit when they have to pay for parking. It's one more factor driving consumers away from brick-and-mortar stores to online ordering.
I've seen this argument used against turning roads into pedestrian only and it's been the complete opposite effect. The moment you remove cars foot traffic increases by huge amounts. Struggling to see how a car space that can be taken with no charge results in more customers either, surely it increases the amount of time used by individual cars instead and reduces potential customers. Very few retail stores charge by…
Where do all of those trafficking come from if nobody can get there?