According to a team of architecture students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo an LA without cars would look very, very different (no kidding). It might even involve a few urban gondolas (at the 5:20 through till the 7:20 mark):
Downtown Los Angeles from tam thien tran on Vimeo.
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cool video, awesome idea.
while i’m not familiar with the area, but i wonder where the parking would go and if this could lead to a decline in use of the downtown core. actually i’ve heard that there really is no downtown LA because it is so spread out … ? so i wonder if this car ban would just cause businesses, etc to move to “another” downtown-like area in the city. people can be stubborn. and people love their cars.
If you really want to change peoples driving habits do away with zoning laws that require a certain amount of parking. Or possibly set a maximum amount of parking. Or give companies incentives to develop their parking lots into store fronts or office space. And ban parking on the street in most areas. All of a sudden people will find that it is much more convenient to to take the different transit networks than to drive.