[New post] Is The 15-Minute City A Bad Idea?

Paul Taylor posted: " How do relatively straightforward ideas become so controversial? The 15-minute city (FMC or 15mC) is an urban planning concept that aims to make cities or towns more liveable by ensuring that all essential services — think schools, medical care and s" Paul Taylor Is The 15-Minute City A Bad Idea? Paul Taylor Apr 14 How do relatively straightforward ideas become so controversial? The 15-minute city (FMC or 15mC) is an urban planning concept that aims to make cities or towns more liveable by ensuring that all essential services — think schools, medical care and shops — are within the distance of a short walk or bicycle ride. If you have visited places like Amsterdam or Paris, that have both borrowed some of the FMC principles, you've probably thought 'this seems like a pretty nice way of living'. Not so in Oxford, UK. A rally attend by thousands in February claimed to be protesting plans to reconfigure the city as a "Stalinist-style, closed city" that could lead to the eventual enslavement of local citizens. Similar plans in Bath where residents could be divided into 'cells' that limit travel have been compared The Hunger Games. Read more of this post Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Paul Taylor. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://paulitaylor.com/2023/04/14/is-the-15-minute-city-a-bad-idea/

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