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This appears to already be a very walk-able kinda place.

Not to say this can't be done elsewhere but this seems like a place that was going to be popular / this was going to work regardless.

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These shouldn't be thought of as orthogonal issues. You can dramatically improve the walkability of a place by reducing the amount of space reserved for parking.

City centers in forward-thinking European cities are trying things like this: forbidding cars from the central square and a few blocks' perimeter results in much calmer and more pleasant pedestrian experiences. Instead of roads for cars you have pedestrian boulevards, avenues, and alleys with greenery throughout and a distinct sense that you live in a community, rather than merely among it.

Chicken or egg.

The whole US was once walkable, then we massively subsidized driving for 2 generations, and now they are not walkable.

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