Creating a ‘Car-Free’ Community

From our colleagues at Green Inc.In a new suburban district of Freiburg, Germany, that discourages driving — a “car-reduced” community called Vauban — there are only two places to park a car, and both are at the edge of the development. As I note in my story in The New York Times on Tuesday, 70 percent of Vauban’s families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there. Of course, carbon-dioxide emissions are greatly reduced in Vauban, but in many ways the town is emblematic of simpler

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