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By that mentality the CBD will never be 24 hrs...

1. OKC CBD can be as pedestrian as it is business. Why isn't lower Manhattan tunneled and sky-bridged? The weather is far worse in the winter.

2. Eventually people will take up residency in the CBD, west of the tracks. They may not want to walk to Bricktown and eat at the chain crap.

3. If the tunnel has shops and eaterys, and is closed on the weekend, where do people eat/shop? They are forced to the few street level joints, or a tunnel-less walk to bricktown.

4. Houston has a more extensive system and it shows, walking DT is sometimes lifeless.

5. Plenty of cities around the country manage to live without tunnels. Some with far greater weather variancies. Most with much better street life.

6. This alone will not cure OKC CBD woes, but it's a piece of the puzzle.