References

1. Carfree Housing in European Cities. A New Approach to Sustainable Residential Development (In English)
This good 1998 overview piece by Jan Scheurer of the Australian-based Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP) appeared in the Journal of World Transport Policy and Practice (Vol 4, No 3)
Abstract: " Many Europeans are choosing to live without a car. However, they find it difficult to avoid cars and the myriad of problems associated with them. As a result, car-free residential areas are becoming popular. This article explores the different approaches to developing and promoting car-free residential areas in different European cities."

2. List of Auto-Free Neighborhoods & Projects (In German)
"Nearly every city in Germany has a carfree area of some size, some quite large. This list (from autofrei-wohnen (Auto-Free-Living) ) instead sticks to new developments, and lists a large number of them,
each with links to information about them."
- Communication of Sat, 28 Apr 2001 from rauch@mit.edu Thanks Mr. Rauch.

3. Another fine source of information on how this looks from a German persepctive is available from the German CarFree Lives Association (autofrei leben!) The association also organises an annual car free lives conference (see theri site for more details on those held in London November, 1997, Bonn June, 1998 and Weimar January 1999).)

4. Joel Crawford and his associates at CarFree Cities continue to make an effort to develop useful background in this area too, which you can follow though both the CarFree Times, their open Disucssion Group and their in-porcess inventory of Car Free Places.

6. Car Free Planning offers guidelines and insights from the TDM Encyclopedia of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Canada

7. The Commons periodically gives some atention to the idea of a CarFree Honor Roll (Brainstorm -- work in progress)

8. Newly carfree town in Germany
"Piesteritz, a suburb of Wittenberg in the eastern part of Germany, was built around 1915 as housing for workers of a large manufacturing company. Known as 'Gartenstadt' (garden city), it is home to 1200 inhabitants, who recently voted to turn it completely carfree. The town was renovated from 1994 to 1999 and, with the carfree conversion complete, became a showcase for Expo 2000, the world's fair held in Germany. (Press artilce in German here.) If you can read German, here is some more information: Gartenstadt Piesteritz
- Communication of Sat, 28 Apr 2001 from rauch@mit.edu Thanks Mr. Rauch.

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