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An entire town tries going car-free living in Germany

While Katie Rogers tries to live Carless in L.A., an entire town in Germany is ditching cars wherever possible. The town, Vauban (near Freiburg) is built on a closed military base and has been in the car-free conversion process for 13 years. The city-wide development project was completed this year, and the mostly–young inhabitants of Vauban now often walk, bike and take public transportation through town. Driving a car isn't outlawed in Vauban, but there are serious (I mean serious) rules in place to encourage alternatives to driving. ... Read more →

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