In 1990, with Taipei seeming to have already sunk under a tide of cars, the Hsimen pedestrian precinct was established. There was finally one place where cars were told: "I want to walk the streets in comfort, do not disturb me."
民國七十九年，幾乎已淪陷在車潮之下的台北，終於正式劃出「西門徒步區」，明白「昭告」汽機車：「我要舒服的走走路，別來干擾我」。