What is a ‘15-minute city’?
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024
- We can make city life more accessible, sustainable & enjoyable by creating “15-minute cities.” Ensuring that residents can meet all their needs within a short walk or bike ride will accelerate a green & just recovery.
This is a dystopian nightmare. I don’t want to be confined to a life within 15 minutes of my apartment. It’s a claustrophobic nightmare. I don’t want to spend more time in my home and immediate local area. Going around to different places (either by car or train/Tube/bus) each day is what makes my life worth living.
It's worth noting that every taking the 15-minute city idea to extremes, you would be in no way confined to a 15 minute area. It is just that you wouldn't NEED to go more than ~15 minutes to get food/health/work/etc. It is also essentially a rebranding of the idea of the 5 minute neighborhood, an idea that A) has existed for a long time already and B) comes not from someone theorizing a new way of organizing urban space, but from looking at how cities naturally formed before car became so important in our lives (which in turn was more of a thing in the US and really took off after WW-II with the rise of suburban housing).
this is the modern human prison model. You will never achieve it
You mean like it was 50 years ago?
Do you have to move every time you get a new job? (assuming you work in an office.)
It's often forgotten that cities have an important function as job markets. While it's great that amenities etc. are accessible with a short walk, an important thing about cities is that we can pick from a huge variety of jobs from a relatively accessible area. We'll always need a good transportation network for this to work since, as you say, it's not likely people would keep moving whenever changing jobs.
Ironically, office jobs (which you mentioned) happen to be exactly the ones that now we know can be done from home just as well as from an office. In my personal case, I've been working an office job from home since late March and there are literally no downsides to it.
Nice try
While this is a great concept, we would be better served if we just moved out of cities altogether as much as possible by individual circumstances. Remote working enables that for many, if not all, and blue-collar workers can also benefit from living in smaller communes when high-end consumers also relocate to these "exburbs"/small towns. Humans aren't meant to be packed into cities that are more like cages than anything.
Cities has been happening for thousands of years and all over the world so there must be something good about them. The problem isn't necessarily with the city but how it got hijacked and turned into a collection of bee hives for humans. I do agree that the "packing" must stop.
One of the main benefit about cities is that they give people an opportunity to pick from a huge variety of jobs within a relatively accessible distance. So, we'll always need a good transportation network (though significantly streamlined v.s. today's mess) because a significant portion of the population will continue to keep commuting beyond walking distance even if they have access to all the necessities on foot.
Definitely, I do work from home now but I also have alot of specific social hobbies that I can only reasonably access in cities due to it being relatively niche or not cost-efficient to have it elsewhere.That's part of why when I move out I still want to stay in a city or at least be close enough to one where I can travel there consistently without it costing too much money for me, while still having access to social outings that cater to my desires.
Can i know how to edit video like this? I means, what software editing that you used?
hey millenials, this is called "decentralization" already
That's a rather broad category that I'm not sure is all that useful to replace more specific ideas with.
p.s. condescension is ugly
Pls come to Singapore to see how a 15 min city work! I have been living in one since birth 40 years ago. A 15 min city in your suburban area is going to make your cities look less congested and create an illusion of more space.
@Nicholas Quek Do you have some sources for that maybe? :)
when we pedestrianise a lane, where do the on street parking from that lane goes?
usually underground parking
Or....you walk, so that you don't need a car spot.
Once most things you need are accessible on foot, you don't need that many cars anymore, which means you don't need that many roads and parking spots either. Public transportation can cover for those who happen to work farther from home and the same roads can carry the (now much lower) car traffic for those who can't avoid using them. In the medium distance, bicycles are better though.
I think this could be vital for poor communities.
Greetings,
It is my understanding that Europe is laid out in similar fashion. There are small suitable towns or villages that are sustainable and have all the services that are need by the residents. The towns are connected by roads. Similarly, the Town Center Concept that has been adopted nationwide are design for that purpose. The 15 Minute City concept can be more clearly understood considering what exist. Considering mimicry, related to - applying what exists and has evolved - and using that with current community norms as well as the impacts of this recent pandemic would be very beneficial. Also, I did not see or recall the impact on Schools and the need for children to develop social skills. Finally, I thought that in light of the 2020 Covid Experience great minds would come together to consider ways the Cities could operate in a pro active fashion in the event there are similar health events.
Great video. A 15-minute city would be very beneficial, not only for our lives but also for the natural environment by reducing pollution.
I like the idea of a 15-minute city a LOT. I just see powerful forces working against it.
This is so great ! Can I put Japanese subtitles and release it from my SNS channel?
@@jessepasley5429 Where are they?
Great stuff! Is there a way to get involved in DC?
I so very hope this is a future that can come true :-)
Let us all shine some lights on this promising subject!