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Originally Posted by Stuart
The problem, at least at Greenwich. where I work, is that the local shops and market were told that the Olympics would bring in a massive increase in trade then when it came to the actual event, TFL did an excellent job of getting the spectators to and from Greenwich station, but kept them away from a lot of the shops, and effectively sealed off the major market in the area. As such, most of the shops, and the market, took fairly heavy losses.
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Yes that was a problem but with such a major event I think things like that were always going to happen because things could so easily have ground to a halt and they had to err on the side of caution. In an effort to ensure London didn't grind to a halt, the authorities did such a good job of warning off potential ad-hoc visitors about congestion that quite a bit of trade was lost by taxi drivers, restaurants etc.