Less than one-third of all visitors to Venice stick around after sunset, missing out on romantic canalside dining and family-run guesthouses tucked away behind the Strada Nova pedestrian thoroughfare in the district of Cannaregio.

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In May 2011, the ribbon was cut for Ponte della Musica, a pedestrian bridge in the Flaminio district that connects the Stadio Olimpico sports complex with the MAXXI and the Auditorium Parco della Musica.

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After work hours, downtown Midland empties out at 10 p.m. one recent night not a single pedestrian walked on Wall Street, the business district's main artery.

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Crescent Park, the first project, which started in 2010 and is still under construction, aims to add landscaped pedestrian paths, bike routes, playgrounds and two event venues to the Bywater district.

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