If you’re still wondering what a “15-Minute City” really means, at least as proposed by Paris Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo, it’s really simple.
Everything you need is available within a 15 minute walk, wheel chair or bike-ride from home.
Everything.
NOT by car trip.
Not even transit.
Everything you need is available within a 15 minute walk, wheel chair or bike-ride from home.
Everything.
NOT by car trip.
Not even transit.
By Comparison, a “City of 20-Minute Neighbourhoods” (a core of Melbourne’s city plan) sets a different definition of success — MOST (not all) things needed for a good life within a 20-minute walk, bike OR TRANSIT RIDE. 3 important differences that affect/reflect a different city.
Altho details vary, this idea of communities where “everything we need is close by” is far from a new concept. Just look up...
- complete communities
- city of short distances
- “the power of nearness” (I used this one while at Vancouver City Hall)
- MANY more
So what IS “new?”
- complete communities
- city of short distances
- “the power of nearness” (I used this one while at Vancouver City Hall)
- MANY more
So what IS “new?”
What’s “new” is that the very high profile & action-oriented mayor of Paris @Anne_Hidalgo made The 15-Minute City a well packaged bedrock of her successful re-election platform, & inspired mayors EVERYWHERE to seriously look at the concept for THEIR city.
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