Always depressing to see revanchist planning. Orlando, rather than working to make their downtown more pedestrian-ORIENTED, has decided that more people will come if they remove the bus lane to add half a dozen parking stalls, and ease car navigation by converting a major road to being bi-directional.
A downtown can compete (and fail) to be the best edge city or compete on the basis of walkable urbanism. It can't do both. Given that historic downtowns already possess a key asset (a street grid), trying to be the best exurb is a poor choice.