[wadey]

Pedestrianisation was just another craze and it's ruined Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley and Nelson. These towns often started where roads crossed and people built pubs/hotels to cater for travellers and their horses. All the paper shops, garages etc and now bypassed and the travellers go elsewhere. The way things are going you'll have to pay buisnesses to stay in towns and while on the subject of crazes "Traffic Calming" has probably caused more accidents than it's prevented and reduced parking availability