The city I live in even banned bicycles in parts of downtown. Pedestrians only.

Taxis are still allowed though. I wonder why. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fucking salon socialists wanting to be chauffeured to their subsidized cultural bullshit.

That is correct but from an esthetic point of view I do prefer the changes. Not sure what the solution would be. Having good public transportation is ok but those things are crowded plus homeless people and thieves. I hate the public transportation including subways. Some of them are truly disgusting. Speaking of parking, where I live the developers are forced to create parking spaces for 120% of the building capacity - which is not enough as many have more then one car but it is still a good idea.