In 1981, so as to save Taipei's declining West End, the Taipei City Government decided to make its three shopping streets into a pedestrian precinct, in the hope that this would again attract the tide of people and keep the prosperity of Hsimenting.
民國七十年，台北市政府為挽救日益沒落的西區，開始規劃西門町內三條主要的商店街為「行人徒步區」，希望此舉能再度吸引人潮，留住西門町的繁華。