Thursday was Car-Free Day in the Washington region, and near as I could tell, it was traffic as usual in downtown D.C. Construction choked a half-dozen streets. Delivery trucks flashed their hazard lights and narrowed thoroughfares into one-lane affairs. Cars ran red lights, horns blared, K Street was a parking lot.

What would downtown look like if the Car-Free Day were not voluntary? If it were, in fact, mandatory?

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