FACT FOCUS: Conspiracies misconstrue ‘15-minute city’ idea
FACT FOCUS: Conspiracies misconstrue ‘15-minute city’ idea
Conservatives and conspiracy theorists are increasingly convinced the concept of a “15-minute city” is the latest nefarious plot to curtail individual freedoms.
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It absolutely isn't. It does require rezoning so that parks, stores, and medical facilities can be better mixed in with residential.
Take a look at Amsterdam. They're not perfect, but they're also far closer to a more ideal city plan. Their zoning allows for mixed use, they have protected bike lanes and trails, they have comprehensive public transportation, etc.
You don't need that dense extreme population density.
https://versus.com/en/amsterdam-vs-new-york
Amsterdam has lower population density and better walkability than New York. So population density is not automatically tied to walkability.
My girlfriend's hometown is incredibly small 9k people. And yet you can walk to pretty much anything you like, all while owning a single family house. It is absolutely possible, and the fossil fuel execs sold you a lie that it isn't.
You know, I didn't think it a conspracy before I read the article, but thats some good evidence. Like of course 15 minute cities are going to be used as an excuse to curb travel freedoms, it all makes with what ap news outlined. Just incentivize people with 15 minute cities, fine the non-compliers like in Oxford, make travel as inconvient and confusing as possible.
I wonder if /fuckcars is grassroots or astroturf now.
Edit: well this popped up on my feed. Methinks theres something to this. https://aussie.zone/post/2732918
Like of course 15 minute cities are going to be used as an excuse to curb travel freedoms
Cities with good city planning are no more at risk than cities with shitty city planning of travel freedoms being taken. So we may as well have good city planning that gives people as many options (freedom) as possible to choose their method of travel. Right now we don't have that freedom, everyone is de-facto forced to own a car.
This is objectively a conspiracy theory with no supporting evidence.
fine the non-compliers like in Oxford, make travel as inconvient and confusing as possible.
Except that's not how that fine system works:
Drivers will still be able to travel to any part of the city at any time, but may have to take a different route.
And that fine system is a completely different thing from a 15 minute city:
The 15-minute neighborhoods proposal, meanwhile, aims to ensure that “every resident has all the essentials (shops, healthcare, parks) within a 15-minute walk of their home,” the fact sheet says. The goal is to “support and add services, not restrict them.”
Having easily available services is a good thing. Not just for the planet but for our health as well.
I wonder if /fuckcars is grassroots or astroturf now.
It's in the direct dis-interest of oil groups to allow people to exist without cars, so the opposition is astroturfed, and /r/fuckcars grassroots.
Conspiracy or not, it's a shit idea
Having better city planning is a shit idea?
Explain
I live in one, and it sucks. Everything is crowded in, land is insanely expensive, and there's nowhere to park. Being able to walk to a store is hardly worth the downsides.