News from the highly controversial world of a #15minutecity, where most amenities are near to where you live.
I walked with my daughter to visit my dad, and we saw some amazing blossom on the trees (it’s always early here for some reason!) … 1/4
We’d just been to a cafe a 5 minute walk from my dads … we bumped into two friends and another local while walking, and stopped 3 times for chats with people. The walk took 15 rather than 5 due to lots of gossiping. Arranged a play date for this afternoon … 2/4
In the cafe, we saw lovely tapestries, and had a nice chat with the barista. Dolls were well behaved.
This lifestyle isn’t always possible. But as I said on Radio 4*, I live in an area where everything’s nearby, and I’m here to tell you that it’s great
*I plan to say … 3/4
“As I said on Radio 4” every day for the next year FYI. … 4/4
Weird how the stuff we chat about here has somehow become news …
When I was chatting to @PeterGuest from @WIRED on the phone, I said, “Sometimes I think things are so serious with the planet, maybe we DO need an Eco-Totalitarian regime you know? We need bossing about”. There was a pause and I said “yeah maybe don’t print that”, and he … /1
#15minutecities have been designed by the makers of trivial pursuit …! I KNEW something was afoot.
Apparently you have to answer a question correctly of the right colour, before entering that zone. … 1/2
Hope I never have to visit someone in the “Sports and Leisure” category. I could never get those right! … 2/2
BTW I took this photo from a conspiracy theorist person who shared it somewhere so I have no idea if it is the real plan for Canterbury or not. I was just enjoying the Trivial Pursuit-ness of proceedings …
These are some of the points I made on Radio 4, for anyone short of time!
I’m yet to meet someone who’d welcome more cars on their street. We all want fewer cars in my experience - the question is how exactly we go about having less … 1/6
It’s recognised pretty much universally that we need to reduce congestion- even the RAC mentions this- it says on their website to “avoid unnecessary journeys where possible” …
The term “15 minute city” was coined by @CarlosMorenoFr … 2/6
You can watch Carlos’ TED talk here. I love that he says:
“The rhythm of the city should follow humans not cars”. And that we need to converge life into a “human-sized space”.
When it comes to freedom, you are of course still free to travel to … 3/6
Talking about LTN’s and 15 minute cities on #BBCAntiSocial, Radio 4 today with presenter @adamfleming - the podcast should be out in an hour or two if you missed it. It got quite heated with @alanvibe 😳😳😳
We agreed at the end to go for a coffee! ☕️ … 1/3
Shout out to the wonderful human who booked me, @justoctavia who’s amazing … 2/3
Super lush to be at Radio 4 in Westminster! It felt a bit like the book when Peppa Pig went to London- I can’t believe I’m here doing this! … 3/3
I met Tom today, and we started chatting, and it turns out he’s one of our tweet friends … @ChinaRockman!
And just CHECK OUT how smart he looks when he rides!
Beige Mac ✅ Brogue boots ✅ Flat cap ✅ Snazzy bike ✅ … 1/3
So we happened to be cycling along near each other at one point, and I said “oh I do like this bike of yours, so smooth and understated!” (Just like me of course 😉😆)
He said- “oh are you Carla”, and it turned out we’d chatted on Twitter, and that he lives in the … 2/3
Highbury LTN and is an Arsenal season-ticket holder.
We rode and chatted for a bit and then parted ways, and he sent this photo later on and said “don’t forget to show these stickers!”