Because it’s been a hot topic lately, it may be a good time to bring this up. Maybe it would be a good idea to close down streets temporarily during large events downtown. Recently, downtown had a trick or treat event where hundreds of families got to visit the shops for sweets for a magical holiday experience. Personally, I’ve never seen this many people concentrated downtown at one time. Since this was a pedestrian oriented event, this may be the best time to close a street down, especially since so many children were around (I.e. 9th street). Closing down one street for 3 hours to make the experience more enjoyable and provide a safer environment for children/families while only giving up 20 street parking spots seems like a no brainer. This in turn would provide an opportunity for the city and the citizens to test out what a people first street would look and feel like (without going all in right away). Obviously, this is just one example. We have many other events like game days, True/False, etc. One counter point about a people first street that people mentioned is rerouting their drive around the pedestrian area. The second picture is Pearl Street in Boulder, CO (College town, similar population size), where you can see how they have cross streets available to car traffic. So, there are ways to not make this a hinderance, even if this was a permanent construction.