Kathmandu Valley has about 45 medieval settlements built before the invention of cars, that still function through socio-economic structures of the local economy. The government in its first national urban strategy had plans to regulate vehicles in the major historic cities but failed to bring the citizens on board in the plan. In 2014 many civil society organizations, and the local government came together to celebrate KtmWalks, the local version of carfree celebration, to bring awareness about the concept and its benefits. It succeeded to create a permanent Vehicle free Zone in the primate tourist area of Thamel in 2017. There are vehicle free squares in city centers that the government is now planning to extend to adjoining streets. Independent attempts of vehicle regulation in different parts of the country at small scales are being discovered, giving hope to build a strong national effort towards a carfree development.