29 Jan 2020

Dunedin launches trial to pedestrianise the Octagon

From The Panel, 4:40 pm on 29 January 2020

Dunedin's Octagon and some of its surrounding streets have been closed to traffic this week, as a trial kicks off called 'The Octagon Experience', but it has come with a few teething issues for retailers.

Elizabeth Aitken Rose, senior lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning at University of Auckland, discusses the trend of pedestrianisation with The Panel. 

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