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2020-12-18T16:54:37.276Z
A large section of Berlin's famous Friedrichstrasse has been car-free since August. Sales have plummeted, the shopping mile is often emptier than before. Even without a pandemic, the green experiment has consequences. How to proceed - in the video (6:45 min).
The establishment of a car-free zone on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse should liven up the promenade.
But the shops suffer from a drop in sales, the walk-in customers stay away - the red-red-green Senate in Berlin had imagined differently.
We asked critics and the initiators how the experiment should proceed.
Source: welt
