text: In Vauban, Germany, the residents have given up their cars and gone for a more pioneer life style. In source 1 it says, "Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district." Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places available for parking-large garages, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and the 57 percent sold a car to move there. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two says, " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." When walking down streets, the swish of bicycles and the chatter of children drown out the occasional distant motor.