Here is something that the City of Edinburgh could learn from, closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street. And there was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/03/08/closing-central-madrid-to-cars-resulted-in-9-5-boost-to-retail-spending-finds-bank-analysis/

Via @carltonreid

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