Sprawling metropolis of Phoenix is an unlikely place to build an apartment complex without parking for residents.

Car dependency is just part of life for most people there.

But a new development in the suburb of Tempe is providing a blueprint for more environmentally friendly and car-free living.

Stephanie Sy has this report for our Tipping Point series and our Arts and Culture-free living. Stephanie Sy has this report for our tipping point series and our

arts and culture series, Candace. The vast suburbs of Phoenix make driving a necessity for most

people who live here. There's not a drop of asphalt in the project. But developer Ryan Johnson,

who grew up in the area, has a different vision for its future.

And it starts with this apartment complex in the city of Tempe.

It's a 1,000-person neighborhood where it's the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S.

Car-free, meaning no parking spaces for the more than 300 residents.

I love it so far.

It's done wonders for my lifestyle.

Raven Ross, a full-time artist, moved to Coltysack last February.

When residents sign a lease, they agreed to not keep a car at the property.

So how has it been being without a car? So I take public

transit now. So sometimes my bus stop can be like a 13 minute walk or it can just be a two minute

walk. So just having that walking time every day that I probably wouldn't normally get if I had a car has been a benefit.

The savings from not having a car can be up to $1,000 a month,

and Ross has lost 25 pounds since moving here.

Aricelli Delgadoio and her family are big on bikes, even the five-year-old rides.

How do you take a watermelon back from the grocery store on a bike?

Well, we actually, well, I don't think we've tried that yet.

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