Old stuff.

It was tried in the 1970s for several years and then abandoned.

It was done to "liven up" downtown, which at the time was the dullest place in the known universe. Other than angering residents, visitors and business owners, it had no effect at all.

Great idea! BUT, yuo'd get pushback from some business owners, and those residents who hate change.

Now that University Ave. has been built out to a commercial success, and there is good feeder parking to University Ave. shops and restaurants, your idea would eventually open up Lytton and Hamilton to more commercial development, and voila!, more sales taxes for the city.

We should also consider doing something like this on California Avenue.

Great Idea - though will take a major effort to overcome the resistance.

What would help will be a city owned shuttle ( maybe some fancy shape - cable car replica, old convertible car structure ) to ferry the patrons on the areas closed to the general traffic.

I walk on these streets with my kids - and I will welcome the "no traffic" change .. but at the same time, I will really appreciate the city owned transport for use on rainy and cold days ...

I remember that one way loop bit. I kinda liked it, but I think they needed work at the SW end. The money they dumped for than bike tunnel might have been better spent.