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Further Reading & References

Type Ashton
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Freiburg is fighting to become walkable after being resigned for cars postWWII
   • Freiburg is fighting to become walkab...  

Historical photos from:
https://www.landesarchivbw.de/de/lan...
  / vistatour.de  
  / historischesfreiburg  
https://www.deutschedigitalebibliot...
https://www.deutschedigitalebibliot...
https://www.deutschedigitalebibliot...
https://www.badischezeitung.de/freib...
https://www.badischezeitung.de/nach...
https://www.mitwelt.org/keinakwinw...
https://www.badischezeitung.de/inde...

“Missing Freiburg” buildings destroyed
Future History
https://www.futurehistory.eu/de/fhe...

Die letzte Autofahrt durch die Freiburger Innenstadt 1973
   • Die letzte Autofahrt durch die Freibu...  

Freiburg: Germany’s futuristic city set in a forest BBC Travel
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20...

Dichte von Personenkraftwagen in europäischen Ländern im Jahr 2021
https://de.statista.com/statistik/dat...

Stock of vehicles by category and NUTS 2 regions
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databro...

Freiburg's way to sustainability: the role of integrated urban and transport planning
https://www.academia.edu/522549/Freib...

The Freiburg Pedestrian Zone
https://www.innovationacademy.de/en/...

The World’s Greenest Cities: Freiburg, Germany
https://www.litterbins.co.uk/blog/the...

This German neighborhood has everything. Except cars.
https://expmag.com/2021/09/thisgerma...

Creating a ‘CarFree’ Community
https://archive.nytimes.com/green.blo...

By Straßenbahn_Freiburg_Liniennetz_1.png: Grauer Elefantderivative work: Pechristener
This file was derived from: Straßenbahn Freiburg Liniennetz 1.png:
using Open Street Map, CC BYSA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Von Peter Kappus Eigenes Werk, CC BYSA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Carfree futures: How European cities are embracing green transport
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/0...

Is this the greenest city in the world?
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

This video uses stock footage from Getty Images

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Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:36 About Freiburg im Breisgau
1:06 Altstadt
2:14 Type Ashton
2:43 Destruction from WW2 and Cars
4:16 How Freiburg became so great
6:05 The suburb of Vauban
8:35 Other suburbs aren’t so great
9:10 Bicycle infrastructure
10:00 TRAMS!!
11:39 Getting out of the city
12:24 Freiburg Hauptbanhof
13:13 Why can’t we build like this today?
14:20 Carfree cities & Nebula
15:40 Supporter Shoutout