List of newly-built carfree neighborhoods worldwide

adapted from the Carfree Cities web site

Note: this covers only newly developed neighborhoods. See the original page for a list that includes historic neighborhoods.

Germany


City Geographic Extent Population Character
Freiburg im Breisgau Vauban district 5,000 (when completed) New carfree district converted from a military base; car parking at edge
Nürnberg - Langwasser unk 3,180 New development (1978-1987)
Hamburg (Stadthaus Schlump) Small 45 dwelling units Carfree mixed-use conversion of an old hospital
Hamburg (Saarlandstraße) unk 210 Dwellings New development (2000)
Bremen (Grünenstraße) 1/5 acre 23 dwellings New development
Tübingen (French Quarter) unk unk Some parts of redevelopment carfree
Tübingen (converted military base) unk 6000 residents, 2000 jobs unk
Munich - Kolumbusplatz (Haidhausen) unk 40 dwellings New development (near downtown)
Munich (Messestadt Riem) unk 41 dwellings Carfree part of a larger new development
Münster (Geist) Gartensiedlung Weissenburg unk 184 dwellings New development (2001)

The Netherlands


City Geographic Extent Population Character
Amsterdam GWL project 600-unit carfree residential area About 1500 Ugly modern architecture on the site of a disused waterworks; some car parking at the edge

Belgium


City Geographic Extent Population Character
Louvain la Neuve Most or all of the city unk University town; surface is carfree; streets and parking are below pedestrian streets

Austria


City Geographic Extent Population Character
Vienna Autofreie Mustersiedlung Floridsdorf housing project 250 units New carfree residential project, organized by Green party
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