The idea of closing Kensington Crescent to cars seems pretty appealing. Lots of places in Europe have solved the giant pedestrian street/no parking issue by just throwing massive underground parkades below the plazas to let the plebs drive down.
People seem to like spending time in these areas, so if you can make them highly accessible with transit (low floor trains can cruise right through a plaza without much damage) and tons of accessible parking, it can work. Just takes tons of $.
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