As for whether there are places like that in the US...sure, there are some, like Disney Land, and Mackinaw Island, and other resorts. But in actual cities, in actual neighbourhoods where people actually live...basically none. Maybe parts of Montreal...
https://thecutstack.substack.com/p/the-hierarchy-of-car-urbanism
@danbrotherston @mbonsma
They are starting. There are neighborhoods in Manhattan, the Bronx & Brooklyn that have closed off streets to cars (I think there are special passes if you live on that street). Since I no longer live in MA, CA, NM... I haven't followed their progress, but San Diego was pretty strongly on the side of cyclists during the decades we lived there, & pedestrians outside of the downtowns & parks were kind of sparse - ppl drove 2 blocks to a store. 😂