BERLIN — Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Trabants still putter past Brandenburg Gate.

They're no longer streaming across a fallen border, carrying wide-eyed East Germans yearning for their first glimpse of the West. Instead, they're part of tourist safaris that now use the cars, once billed as the "Volkswagens of the GDR," as mobile symbols of the city's Cold War past.

These no-frills econoboxes are juxtaposed against a motley mix of modern-day and future-minded transportation options. Transportation startups are proliferating in Berlin, as founders try to ride the tailwinds of a new mobility law, enacted in 2018, that aims to reduce car dependence and embrace sustainable options.

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