I’ve been reading a bit about New Urbanism. The idea is to throw out zoning, and allow mixed-use areas more suited to pedestrians than cars. Eminently suitable, IMHO.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96sep/kunstler/kunstler.htm
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96sep/kunstler/langdon.htm
Look to Europe and learn…
;-)