text: Extracurricular activities are helpful in many ways and I strongly suggest taking at least one.According to the passage the use of using cras less it a much saver and healthier to the air this essay is to imfomr felloe citizens about the advantages og limiting car usage. As it is stated in the passage Residents of the  upscale communtiy in german hav e given up their cars "Street parking ,drive ways and home garages are geneally forbiddean in the experimental new district". Car ownership is allowed but there are only two places that you can park ,large garages at the end of the development(2) ,car owners buy the space for $40000 alone with a home(2). Becaus of this 70 percent of the families dont own cars while 57 percent do own cars (3)."When i had a car i was always tense ,i am much happier this way " said heidrun walter . Completed in 2006 is an example of a growing trend in Europe also the United states and elsewhere to separate suburban life from auto life use  , as a componet of a movement called "smart planning (4) ". Passengers cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in europe ,up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states .  Past few decades efforts have been made to make cities denser and better for walking ,planners are nikw taking this concept to the suburs ,home to 5500 residents within a rectangular square mile .In this new appocah stores will be placed in a walk way  on the main streest rather then in malls alone some distant high ways .