Germany's "Green" City (with more bikes than cars!)

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Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula! https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-this-train-station-has-no-business-being-this-good A Tale of Two Towns: Car-free vs. Not (Zermatt & St. Moritz) https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-a-tale-of-two-towns-carfree-vs-not-zermatt-st-moritz Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): @njblive — Further Reading & References Type Ashton https://www.youtube.com/@TypeAshton Freiburg is fighting to become walkable after being resigned for cars post-WWII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKtz8-rhbAQ Historical photos from: https://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/de/landesarchiv/standorte/staatsarchiv-freiburg/47231 https://www.facebook.com/vistatour.de https://www.facebook.com/HistorischesFreiburg https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/6JE6WHVFUESGXUZHNFXMFJRVYGCQHB2X https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/URBPYL2J4MRKRQZIG43YHS3DCFK7LHYP https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FPAQD7GJCETSZ4J36HAVBNDTIP6XRFR5 https://www.badische-zeitung.de/freiburg-mitte/einst-standen-hier-dkw-und-horch--4964152.html https://www.badische-zeitung.de/nach-dem-krieg-war-der-norden-freiburgs-lange-eine-truemmerlandschaft https://www.mitwelt.org/kein-akw-in-wyhl.html https://www.badische-zeitung.de/in-den-1960er-jahren-gehoerte-freiburgs-muensterplatz-noch-den-autos “Missing Freiburg” - buildings destroyed Future History https://www.future-history.eu/de/fh-entdecken-map?t=264,Verschwundenes+Freiburg,19150&ls=2867 Die letzte Autofahrt durch die Freiburger Innenstadt 1973 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUdNJl9zcUw Freiburg: Germany’s futuristic city set in a forest - BBC Travel https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200715-freiburg-germanys-futuristic-city-set-in-a-forest Dichte von Personenkraftwagen in europäischen Ländern im Jahr 2021 https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/163406/umfrage/kfz-dichte-in-ausgewaehlten-europaeischen-laendern/ Stock of vehicles by category and NUTS 2 regions https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/TRAN_R_VEHST__custom_6385961/bookmark/table?lang=en&bookmarkId=8dee8b9a-0c4f-4f1d-b24c-999f39c62a35 Freiburg's way to sustainability: the role of integrated urban and transport planning https://www.academia.edu/522549/Freiburgs_way_to_sustainability_the_role_of_integrated_urban_and_transport_planning The Freiburg Pedestrian Zone https://www.innovation-academy.de/en/the-freiburg-pedestrian-zone/ The World’s Greenest Cities: Freiburg, Germany https://www.litterbins.co.uk/blog/the-worlds-greenest-cities-freiburg-germany/ This German neighborhood has everything. Except cars. https://expmag.com/2021/09/this-german-neighborhood-has-everything-except-cars/ Creating a ‘Car-Free’ Community https://archive.nytimes.com/green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/creating-a-car-free-community/ 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 BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31624475 Von Peter Kappus - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8300001 Car-free futures: How European cities are embracing green transport https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/05/27/car-free-futures-how-european-cities-are-experimenting-with-green-transport Is this the greenest city in the world? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/mar/23/freiburg.germany.greenest.city This video uses stock footage from Getty Images — 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 Car-free cities & Nebula 15:40 Supporter Shout-out