SPACE: Morgan Ross, left, and Bronte Wilson have room to move in Liverpool St. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
MOTORISTS beware -- a trial reduction of Liverpool St from two lanes of traffic to one between Elizabeth and Murray streets began yesterday.
Parking will also be affected.
The trial is the first step in a temporary transformation of a major part of the Hobart CBD during the next month.
Australia's Retail Association local spokesman and Hobart Chamber of Commerce director Edward Harry said he expected there would be some backlash to the trial, but new things had to be tried to take the city forward.
He said the Hobart trial followed similar moves in cities around the world.
"I think the trial is a very good thing to do. It is part of a consultation process and gives everyone an opportunity to feel either positive or negative impacts of the proposed changes if implemented in the long-term," Mr Harry said.
"There are usually some initial concerns -- traders will think less cars means less people going past business houses but there is a world-wide trend attempt to make major inner-city roads more pedestrian and shopper-friendly."
The trial is one of the recommendations made by the 2010 Gehl Architects Report to make Liverpool Street have a pedestrian focus between Murray and Elizabeth streets.
West Hobart resident Morgan Ross, 20, said the city was in need of rejuvenation, but was not confident reducing traffic flow would be a drawcard for more shoppers.
"If traffic is too congested people will just avoid coming in here altogether," Ms Ross said.
Hobart Lord Mayor Damon Thomas said changes needed to be made to take Hobart into the future.
"We can't leave everything like it was in the 1950s," he said.
"Even Times Square [in New York] has times where there are no cars now. We are looking at new ways to make the city bright and vibrant."
Ald Thomas said as well as accommodating locals, visitors to Hobart needed to be considered and other changes to traffic flows might be needed.
"At the end of the day, we have spent a good amount of money on this Gehl report and accepted a number of its key projects, so we need to act accordingly," he said.
alice.claridge@news.com.au
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