in VAUBAN,Germany executives are making a big leap on forbidden street parking,driveways and home garages. it costs $40,000 to buy a parking space becuse of the retricans on cars. The reason for this "smart planning" is becuse 12 percent of green house gases in Europe come from tailpipes. David Goldberg qoutes that "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car and that will have to stop". In the United States the Environmental Protection

Agency is promting car reduction becuse of pollution being at such a high polution rate. paris has the most smog out of any other European capital.

BOGOTA,Colombia had a car free day and millions of colombians hiked,biked,skated or took buses. rain did not stop people from pertisipating in this event,for the first time two other colombian cities,cali and valledupar joined this event.

president Obama ambitous goals were to curb the united states greenhouse gas emissions unveiled last week. more americans are buying more and more less cars. Mr. sivaks son lives in san fransisco and has a car but takss bay area if nessecary.