re: Why hasn't the French Quarter moved to a car-free zone?

The right plan is to keep the royal and bourbon commercial sections closed most of the afternoon/night, allowing for deliveries and such in the AM, AND stop allowing cars to cross the commercial section of bourbon in the evenings. Yes it will require people to walk a block to get a uber/lyft, but those streets are gridlocked anyways on the weekend/busy nights, so you aren't losing anything.