The majority of Vancouver city council members support an Olympic legacy of holding more street parties in the downtown core, a CTV News poll has found.

CTV News asked every councillor if they would support closing off Robson Street between Burrard Street and Granville Mall for up to four Saturdays during the summer if it were proposed to city council. One hundred per cent said yes to some form of the idea with consultation.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says everyone is behind the idea, and he's hoping street closures could take effect as early as this spring.

"We all want to have weekend trials or even nights and open up Granville Mall to more events," he told CTV News.

Robertson said the city is working with businesses and TransLink to figure out the details.

If Vancouver moves forward, it will join a long list of other North American cities who've opened up their streets to pedestrian power.

In the summer, Portland, Oregon closes several kilometres of roadways to connect neighbourhoods and parks. San Francisco has regular car-free days.

Even in the traffic-jammed streets of New York City, the city permanently close off seven blocks of Broadway during the summer.

So what will Vancouver's look like? Granville Street businesses say it will look a lot like it did during the 2010 Games.

"Street hockey games. Live performances. It's a huge street with a big wide sidewalk. If the city makes it happen, we'd love it," said Dan Weir, manager of Lux Restaurant and Bar.

Vancouver has successfully experimented with car-free days in other areas of the city, including Denman Street and Commercial Drive.

Transit is often a challenge. But with proper planning, car-free advocates say it can happen.

"There has to be alternatives," said Carmen Mills of Car-Free Vancouver.

"During the Olympics they had more buses and SeaBuses. The city encouraged people to cycle and walk and take transit, and people responded in droves and they did it."

The city of Vancouver saw a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle traffic during the two weeks of the Olympics. It's a legacy it and the transit authority hoped would extend long after the Games finished.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Leah Hendry