Culdesac Tempe
{{short description|Car-free neighborhood in the U.S.}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Phoenix
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|established_date = 2023
|founder = Ryan Johnson
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}}Culdesac Tempe is a car-free mixed-use development in Tempe, Arizona that began construction in 2023.{{cite web |title=Culdesac {{!}} Details, Details, Details! |url=https://culdesac.com/blog/post/details-details-details |website=culdesac.com}}{{cite news |last1=Bliss |first1=Laura |title=Developers Offer Mobility Services to Lure Car-Free Renters |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-08/paying-rent-will-get-you-wheels-in-new-car-free-complex |access-date=2023-08-17 |work=Bloomberg News |date=2021-09-08 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Kusisto |first1=Laura |title=New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-arizona-development-bans-residents-from-bringing-cars-11574164801 |access-date=2023-08-17 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=2019-11-19 }}{{cite news |last1=Polakoff |first1=Elliott |title=Tempe car-free neighborhood seeks to change the way people live|url=https://www.azfamily.com/2023/08/02/tempe-car-free-neighborhood-seeks-change-way-people-live/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |work=AZ Family |date=2023-08-01 }}
Culdesac Tempe is a car-free neighborhood in the U.S. housing 1000 residents when completed but with no accommodation for the cars of inhabitants.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ryan |date=2020-06-22 |title=Introducing Culdesac |url=https://medium.com/culdesac/introducing-culdesac-3fbfe7c4219c |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=Medium |language=en}} It is located in Tempe, Arizona about {{convert|2|mi}} from downtown and is the first project of the startup Culdesac.{{Cite news|last=Dougherty|first=Conor|date=2020-10-31|title=The Capital of Sprawl Gets a Radically Car-Free Neighborhood|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/business/culdesac-tempe-phoenix-sprawl.html|access-date=2020-11-10|issn=0362-4331}} Construction of the neighborhood began in 2019, was estimated to cost $140 million, span {{convert|16|acre}}, and include 636 apartment units and {{convert|24000|ft2}} of restaurant and retail space.{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Brenda |title=Developer Breaks Ground On A Neighborhood In Tempe, Arizona, For People—And No Cars |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendarichardson/2019/11/25/developer-breaks-ground-on-a-neighborhood-in-tempe-arizona-for-people-not-cars/ |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Residents in most of the Phoenix metro area rely heavily on personal vehicles for transportation. Culdesac is claiming it will eliminate the need for cars by locating most necessary services within the neighborhood and relying on public transportation expansions to connect with the rest of the city. The ban on parking spaces is intended by the developers to leave opportunities for green space including courtyards and gardens.{{cn|date=April 2025}}