a suburb without cars is like a day without coughing
Brent pointed out this article in the New York Times about a carfree German suburb:
Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban’s streets are completely “car-free” — except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park — large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home.
Sound familiar? It’s the “car-lite” mode suggested by my favorite urban design manual, Carfree Cities. I’m glad to see communities implementing these principles in the real world; hopefully we can learn more about how to make places like this more common.
The city also looks well-placed as a destination for my upcoming (someday) architectural tour of Europe. Now if we could just get this silly dollar back up to its former value…
Posted by Chris in Carfree, News, World on May 12th, 2009 Edit this page's grammar and spelling with Emend.
I saw that article this morning and was going to send it to you but Brent beat me to it!
And, in general, YAY!!
I keep meaning to note that a day without coughing would be a pretty sad day around here. Since Luke discovered coughing, we all have to take turns and do different types. Shallow, deep, different tones… Luke enjoys them all.