Europe has pedestrianised areas of the city which is welcomed by most people. IN Dublin the Temple bar area used to be a dump not it is the nightlife area of dublin with viberant scene and this was due to pedestrianation of the streets...

Europe have pedestrianised asmuch as really possible or feasible ...

New York city seems one of the few cities which could pedestrianise more this is due to it's compact size and public transport system.. New York isprobably the city most like european ones in the US...