We don't need to "ban" cars, removing parking minimums effectively does this in a friendlier way while allowing for some vehicles (only the most necessary) and vehicles where they are most needed (businesses will still build parking, just not a "required" excessive amount).
In fact removing parking minimums would probably do 50% of the work of this whole list. Combine that with mixed-use zoning, more units per lot (including reducing FAR/height limits) and narrower streets, and dare I say you are 80-90% of the way there. It only takes a few high-impact changes.
Since they specify a section of their city, I think they just mean fully pedestrianizing that section by blocking off some streets with bollards, letting people roam the full street, letting restaurants put out tables.
While you're talking about how to transform a city more systemically.
It is kinda crazy to see parts of cities where hundreds of people are confined to sidewalks on a Friday night waiting to cross a street for the convenience of a tiny fraction of people who insist on driving. Every city has at least a few blocks that make sense to block off from cars.
>fully pedestrianizing that section by blocking off some streets with bollards, letting people roam the full street, letting restaurants put out tables.
Which is nice, but having experienced that in multiple cities, doesnt truly contribute in a larger meaningful way to "making it easier to build beautiful and walkable places" in the same way
In fact removing parking minimums would probably do 50% of the work of this whole list. Combine that with mixed-use zoning, more units per lot (including reducing FAR/height limits) and narrower streets, and dare I say you are 80-90% of the way there. It only takes a few high-impact changes.