I'm a big fan of parking on the periphery and no cars at the core.

Essentially ban private vehicles on certain blocks except for service transport and smaller golf-cart sized "NEV"s

There's many older European cities with buildings too close to each other for cars where this is done. You'll also find it on islands where the infrastructure to support a car is lacking such as roads with high speed limits and gas stations

The difference here is to claim that's not just a necessity of circumstances but instead, actually a good idea.