text: Located in Vauban, Germany is a suburb where there are no cars and life goes on, according to Elisabeth Rosenthal. A resident of the suburb, Heindrun Walter, says,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." This movement of separating suburban life from auto use is called "smart planning", and is a growing trend in the United States and Europe (Rosenthal 5). In the passage it clearly says that "...as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles...chatter of wandering children drown our the occasional distant motor." This fantasy like state is possible with the cutting of auto usage.