‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars
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‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars
For the first piece in our new series the alternatives we visit a community without cars in the desert of Tempe, Arizona
In the environs of Phoenix, Arizona, on a 17-acre site that once contained a car body shop and some largely derelict buildings, an unusual experiment has emerged that invites Americans to live in a way that is rare outside of fleeting experiences of college, Disneyland or trips to Europe: a walkable, human-scale community devoid of cars.