Let people co-design their neighborhoods, and you get walkability: the case of Freiburg, Germany.

Housing and urban planning are where car-centric cities become especially unpleasant. Citizens of Freiburg are forming "building groups" (Baugruppen) and "rental housing syndicates" (Miethäusersyndikate) so they don't have to build all the parking spaces requitred by the city.
Videos in Germany on Miethäusersyndikate: kzbin.info?searc...
In English, see Lina Hurlin's work: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapter...
And Corinna Hölzl's:
edoc.hu-berlin.de/bitstream/h...

[@saveyourhero3307]

Housing is very important for mobility. I live in USA and there are a lot of single family housing take up so much space.

[@christalwong70]

Thanks for the quality video and witty humour! "What you see hear, is one German attempt to explain... not viruses, but rental syndicates." haha!

[@jiainsf]

Energy prices in Germany are heavily affected by the war in Ukraine. But those who walk, bike, and take the tram should be much less affected. It would be an interesting video to compare German families' transportation choices during this energy crisis. Perhaps more people will choose sustainable modes like the people from Freiburg, and this is a period in which the German government should encourage the mode shift as much as possible in other German cities through similar policies and infrastructure...

[@KRYMauL]

You’d think some of these developments would start generating their own power.

[@sarumanork-orphanage5612]

"Ansage von der Stadt" is "required from the city" - a more literal translation would be "demanded by the city"

[@cities4people]

It's the federal building code, which cities have been allowed to interpret loosely: LBO § 37 - Stellplätze für Kraftfahrzeuge und Fahrräder, Garagen - heißt es: Bei der Errichtung von Gebäuden mit Wohnungen ist für jede Wohnung ein geeigneter Stellplatz für Kraftfahrzeuge herzustellen dejure.org/gesetze/LBO/37.html

[@sarumanork-orphanage5612]

@@cities4people Sieh an, sieh an ^^ I almost thought you had a reason for dubbing it that way ^^

[@xBris]

Permanent subtitles? Yeah, "great". Muss das sein?

[@cities4people]

Nein, es muss nicht sein. Aber KZbin bietet (noch) keine Möglichkeit, den Audio-Kanal zweisprachig zu machen. Und in einer kleinen Umfrage unter Bekannten habe ich erfahren, dass nicht genug Leute wissen, dass man CC für verschiedene Sprachen einstellen kann. Deswegen die Entscheidung. Du bist der zweite, der sich darüber beschwert. Bisher haben rund 60.000 Leute meine Videos geschaut.

[@NKKBerlin]

The German word "Mietshäuser" ends with "er", therefore the following associated word is capitalized! For street names that end in "er" you will find the word "Straße" as a single word and capitalized (e.g. Freiburger Straße vs. Freiburgstraße)...

[@petiteplanete]

So "Kinder" ends with "-er", which Is why we write "Kinder Garten" as two words?

[@NKKBerlin]

@@petiteplanete Hey, I don't make the rules here! 😂 The "-er" is used here to clarify the affiliation to a specific named place or to a specific place-related thing. The "-er" in children (your example) is just the plural of "child"! The syndicate in the video refers to specific apartment buildings located in Freiburg and not to any apartment buildings in general. So this is about locality. The founders of the syndicate probably wanted to emphasize this fact...

[@cities4people]

@@NKKBerlin Mietshäuser is the plural of Mietshaus. "Mietshäuser Syndikat" is not specific buildings in Freiburg, but an organization -- see de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mietsh%C3%A4user_Syndikat?oldformat=true. According to the rules of German, which you indeed do not make, "Mietshäuser Syndikat" should be written as one word. "Freiburger" in "Freiburger Strasse" is not the plural of "Freiburg".