text: In source 1: in German suburb, life goes on without cars says that "vauban streets are completly car free." the reason for this is that there streets are filled with bicycles and the wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor. In the United States the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. the reasoning of this is because there is less space for parking. The United States are promoting new communities that are less dependant on cars. there saying private owned cars by the burgeoning middle class are chocking cities. :80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport.