Salt Lake City Cuts Car Parking, Adds Bike Lanes, Sees Retail Boost | Streetsblog USA

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It added up to a major road diet on part of the street (from five general travel lanes to three) and much less auto parking on another part (a 30 percent cut total).

So what happened?

Using sales tax data, the city compared retail sales along Broadway in the first half of 2013, before the changes, to the first half of 2015.

Along the project route, sales rose 8.8 percent, compared to 7 percent citywide.

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MoBikeFed comment: These studies have a direct bearing on the current Road Diet controversy in O'Fallon. There, too, businesses are concerned that the road diet will reduce their business.

But evidence shows such projects are neutral to positive for business on the Road Diet street--and a huge win for the community at large.

http://mobikefed.org/2015/10/unbelievable-st-charles-county-tries-preven...