In Germany, the private car is the number-one way to get to work. But roads are congested and getting worse. At current rates, truck traffic alone could be expected to grow by 38 percent by 2038. Getting vehicles off the road requires innovative thinking - and new ideas are emerging across Europe. The Schneider company in Germany’s Black Forest has come up with a number of ways to get its staff to leave their cars at home. For many of its employees, the car is a distant third choice - after the company bus and company-sponsored e-bike. Rolf-Dieter Lafrenz from Hamburg has a plan to optimize truck traffic. "I was in a traffic jam where there was one truck after another,” he says. "When I found out that every third truck was running empty, it sparked my ambition.” With his startup Cargonexx, he aims to reduce these empty runs as much as possible - using artificial intelligence. Australian Kylie van Dam lives with her family in Houten, the number one bicycle community in the Netherlands. She came to love the small Dutch town’s attitude towards mobility. Kylie’s children can do everything by bike, and they love their independence. But Kylie doesn’t have to worry: There has been only one fatal traffic accident in Houten in the past 30 years. In Dunkirk, France, Mayor Patrice Vergriete decided to improve local transport by making it free of charge, with new bus lines and higher service frequency. We find out if it helps reduce traffic in the city.