New York Times: Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the Swiss border. Vauban’s streets are completely “car-free” – except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car …