North America
In North America, the creation of pedestrian-friendly urban environments is still in its infancy, but transit malls have existed in a few cities for more than 30 years, starting with the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968, followed by the Granville Mall in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1974 and the Portland Mall in 1977. In North America, transit malls usually take the form of single streets in which automobiles are mostly prohibited but transit vehicles are allowed. They are rarely completely free of motor vehicles. Often, all of the cross streets are open to motorized traffic, and in some cases taxis are allowed and truck deliveries are made by night.
Examples include
- 16th Street Mall in Denver, Colorado
- Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Portland Transit Mall in Portland, Oregon
- Santa Rosa Transit Mall in Santa Rosa, California
- Long Beach Transit Mall in Los Angeles County
- Granville Mall in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 7th Avenue in Calgary, Alberta
- Graham Avenue Transit Mall in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- State Street in Madison, Wisconsin
- Fulton Mall in Brooklyn, New York
- Transit Plaza in Champaign, Illinois
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