Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities

he went on sidewalk at first (going around squad car), but he had 3 blocks of unobstructed driving correct?
and while i'm certainly in the camp to make (most of) The Quarter a pedestrian zone, not sure I want bollards on the sidewalk as well - for whatever reason that feels like it creates more problems than it solves
Even if they put bollards at each block, he could have probably still gone around on the sidewalk.

Clearly any sidewalk barrier needs space for pedestrians and wheelchairs, etc.