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This is a list of noteworthy Car-free Areas . To be included, areas should meet at least one of the following criteria:
  • They are unusual for their country or region

  • They make up a sizeable fraction of a city, town, or island


For example, Freiburg 's car free district is included because it is of significant size even for Germany; Leipzig 's is not since it is merely average and is a small part of the city. However, Portland, Oregon 's are included since car free areas of any size are unusual in North America .

Color-coding is used as follows:


EUROPE


Austria



Belgium



Denmark



Finland



France



Germany



German islands and resorts

(Residents are allowed cars on some islands)




Greece



Italy



The Netherlands



Portugal



Spain



Sweden



Switzerland



UK and Channel Islands



Other Europe



NORTH AMERICA


Canada



Mexico




Costa Rica




Puerto Rico




United States

Madison, San Francisco, and Las Vegas were all reported to have single car free streets, which is not sufficient to merit inclusion under the current standard.




SOUTH AMERICA


Argentina




Brazil




Chile




Colombia




AFRICA



MIDDLE EAST



ASIA



AUSTRALIA


GuLangYu, Xiamen FuJian PRC

Small island, very close to Xiamen, 15 minutes ferry very often.
About one century ago many western embassies were located here, beautiful buildings, some abandoned today.
There is also an art faculty of Fuzhou University.
Every vehicle (also bycicles) are banned on the island. Every BRAND is banned on the island.
Only some public small electric bus are circulating.
Incredible laboratory for understand how the actual cars, asphalt, concrete & glass urban model is NOISY, destructive and short-term living.
In this place is possible change idea about the notion of "progress and industrialization".