Granville Mall, Vancouver
The Granville Mall is a transit mall and pedestrian zone in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It comprises the section of Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver between Hastings and Smithe streets. Most routes that service the mall are primarily trolleybuses operated by TransLink; in addition to bus service, the Granville Mall can be accessed by SkyTrain from either Granville and Vancouver City Centre stations of the Expo and Canada lines, respectively.
A northbound trolley bus on the Granville Mall
A trolley bus on the old mall in 1985
Granville Mall in 2006; this portion south of Robson Street remained open during Canada Line construction.
Canada Line subway station construction at the mall in 2008
A transit mall is a street, or set of streets, in a city or town along which automobile traffic is prohibited or greatly restricted and only public transit vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, and emergency services are permitted.
The transit mall in Portland, Oregon.