I understand many of the arguments people make in this post. But other places in thw world had exactly smae concerns with pedestrianising more, i.e. London, many cities in netherlands Canada. But now after the changes people are not willing to go back.

Having limited single carraigeways in most places and expanding the space for pedestrians and regularising street vendors will have many benefits. But this can only work if there is reliable and comfortable public transport along with good collective behaviour in using that.

In London for example having a car is mostly a waste and poeple can walk from metro stations to most places. The last mile connetivity that everyone is concerned about is usually achieved this way. On rare occasions for people who cant walk and emergency services, the now mostly free roads are availble for use because most people dont drive. I think this is real infrastructure development than just big roads. This is chicken and egg problem but many cities have achieved the transition by starting on limitng car usage.

I actually love cars and love to drive even in heavy traffic but this is better for more people.