I would take two main points from Berlin as a case study: * Low car ownership: I know exactly one person who owns a car. And everyone I know (including this pe

I would take two main points from Berlin as a case study: * Low car ownership: I know exactly one person who owns a car. And everyone I know (including this person) uses the train/subway/bus system. If you really need a car for a couple days, it is cheap to rent one. * Rent control: while not perfect, the fight to keep berliners in the city center is an interesting example of which policies are put in use to fight rising rent and gentrification. (Short answer due to browser crash. Firefox developers, your android browser sucks)