Transit mall

Transit malls are instituted by communities who feel that it is desirable to have areas not dominated by the automobile, or as a way to speed travel time through an area—usually the city center—for transit vehicles and as a transport hub for interchanges, making them more efficient and thereby more attractive as an alternative to car use.

Transit malls differ from busways, which are roadways dedicated to the movement of buses at high speed or capacity.

A number of European towns and cities have made part or all of their areas car-free while permitting public transit vehicles.

Most of these zones allow delivery trucks to service the businesses located there during the early morning, and street-cleaning vehicles will usually go through these streets after most shops have closed for the night.

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.