“Nanjing Road in Shanghai, Times Square in US are good examples. Everywhere in the world, especially advanced countries, are adopting that model. Everywhere they do this the shopkeepers benefit as rentals and profits go up dramatically. In fact, when it was implemented in Times Square long back rentals had gone up by 70 per cent,” Cherubal said.
Roychowdhury, a noted pollution expert, said that any such measure has to be executed in a more scaled up manner while echoing Cherubal that pedestrianising improves business.
