Could this be utopia?

Vauban, Germany has taken a neat approach to reducing auto traffic in their town. On many streets cars are banned and driveways are not even allowed to be built. To make things work they have designed the layout of the city to include important commercial zones that are spread evenly throughout the residential areas.
Many residents sill own cars but they are stored at the edge of town in large garages.



It would never happen here but I could easily see the fan working with this approach. There are plenty unused areas that could be turned to garage space and anyone living in the fan knows how close most of the needed business are.

I have lived in Richmond for over 10 years now and provided the weather is agreeable I can often go weeks without driving to run all my errands and commute to work.

Check out more about Vauban's approach in this article in The New York Times.