If a housing development forbid you from having a car, would you live there? Would you if it meant having amenities such as shopping, a food hall, communal fire pits, plazas, and parks all while living next to a train line? A development in Arizona is betting enough people will say yes.
All around the world, cities are contending with traffic, pollution, and pedestrian danger related to cars. While cities have taken various efforts to curb cars on the road, a new housing development in Tempe, Arizona, is trying a novel approach: banning residents from bringing their own cars altogether.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, Culdesac Tempe, a 1,000-person rental development that just broke ground, won’t allow residents’ personal cars to be driven or parked on site. Instead, the property will fill the extra space with retail, a food hall, communal fire pits, plazas, green space, and other amenities. Imagine that.
