Pedestrian zones are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor traffic not allowed. Converting a street or an area to pedestrian-only use is called pedestrianisation.
Vienna's first pedestrian zone on the Graben (2018)
Pedestrian mall in Lima, Peru
The Galerie Vivienne in Paris
Pedestrianized area in Times Square, New York City
Car dependency is the concept that some city layouts cause cars to be favoured over alternate forms of transportation, such as bicycles, public transit, and walking.
Traffic in Los Angeles
A diagram showing an inverse correlation between urban density and car use for selected North American cities
Car dependency is inherent with wide, high speed roadways and spaced out business properties. US 22 in Springfield, New Jersey.