West Sacramento completed a project to replace the freeway with a pedestrian-friendly street.

Her initiative to legalize sidewalk cafes took four years to realize and her vision for Kennedy Blvd as a pedestrian-friendly street took twenty.

Koreans often dress in their Hanboks, a traditional Korean costume, and spend the day with friends and family wandering through the pedestrian-friendly streets and lanes on the city core.

Stefanie Moritz, a retired librarian, moved with her husband from Phoenix into a downtown condominium about three years ago, drawn by pedestrian-friendly streets, a university job for her husband and the community's progressive politics.

It's about creating a real urban community with pedestrian-friendly streets, trees, recreation areas and an accessible downtown.

The idea of "traffic calming" to create pedestrian-friendly streets is a hot topic among municipal planners these days.

"Belle Fair has been designed in the tradition of 'new urbanism,' a trend in residential development that begins with pedestrian-friendly streets, where the focus is on people, not cars," Mr. Hochberg said.

The strip-mall-filled terrain can be more than a little off-putting to city dwellers who favor pedestrian-friendly streets.

In Ocean Springs, the group working there recommended connecting Highway 90 to a rail transit station reached via a pedestrian-friendly street with views of the existing harbor and working waterfront.

Due to its dense, urban nature, and pedestrian-friendly streets, many Miami Beach residents get around by bicycle.