The advantages of limiting car usage is outstanding not only is it good for the earth but it changes peoples lives, it makes the people happy and they tend to enjoy life more. In fact in the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" it states "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here." The article also says that Heidrun Walter, a mother of two, was always tense when she was behind the wheel and so she gladly gave up her vehicle and now lives a very happy life in Vauban.

In Paris they banned driving due to the increase of smog, they planned which days the people could drive on. In the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" it states "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home, The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." At first many people refused and were fined 22-euro ($31) but the people who didn't helped lighten up the smog.

In Bogota, Colombia, the people have a car free day where they walk or ride their bikes to the places they need to go but there are still buses and cabes that the people can take. If the people were to take their own car they would be fined $25.  In the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" it states "The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s." The article also says that millions of colomibians have biked, hiked, skated, and rode on buses to work.

In America the people are driving less, buying fewer cars and getting fewer license. The article "The end of the csr culture" states "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." The reason why the percentage is so low is beacuse of the cash-strapped, the americans couldn't affored to buy new cars.