Watch out, Rachel from accounts has got her pen and paper out.

[IT Minion]

I still dont know what a 15 minute city is

sounds like an an on trend bit if jargon that means FA

It's where you can get to all of the important things, shops, hospital, school, within 15 minutes by foot, bike or public transport.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

A lot of cities, even London, now are just that, and no one bats an eyelid

What is different about how London is arranged now under 15minute cities in comparison to how it was? Personally I don't see a massive change but I have not lived there for a decade plus.

 

[IT Minion]

What is different about how London is arranged now under 15minute cities in comparison to how it was? Personally I don't see a massive change but I have not lived there for a decade plus.

Nothing. 15 minute cities/neighborhoods is a concept where you take the good bits about easy commutable bits and apply them to other places where it isnt true

 

[Deleted member 265726]

Nothing. 15 minute cities/neighborhoods is a concept where you take the good bits about easy commutable bits and apply them to other places where it isnt true

Yeah, there used to be entire communities with things like a village shop, a post office, a village hospital or doctor and a school all over the country and the heart got ripped out of them.

 

[denso13]

What is different about how London is arranged now under 15minute cities in comparison to how it was?

Nothing really, that's the point. It's just a common sense approach to city planning, not a big conspiracy as it is painted.

 

[festive]

So RR 'Kickstart the economy' what a load of bs. Give small medium businesses just something to ignite the fire, nope not a penny off tax nothing everything is absolutely nailed to the floor in taxes.
Ok like Heathrow for example, going through an airport the excessive fees we pay on food drink etc is extortion, how much are those companies making on us, could pay for the third runway... etc. But no it all comes out of our taxes, only benefits will be the large foreign companies involved in the development.

 

[motorbiking]

That's the old silicone valley, the new one is the London Oxford Cambridge triangle. A third runway is vital to delivering that. For all his political weaknesses Rishy saw that. There don't seem to be any significant Labuor constiuencies affected (apart from MacDonnel's who is expendable). The rest are libs or torey outliers. Roll on T3.

The bio pharma techs may be there but the big software companies are along the M4.

I’m sure the residents of Milton Keynes will know that governments cannot create things and declare them to be so, without the pull factors.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

There needs to be a better balance with things like protecting wildlife (which is important before the usual suspects start!) and our proverbial tax dollars going on stuff like this. It's also typical of the UKs approach to stuff and why things never get done, or if they do, they're years over and x times over budget.

Bat safety barrier will cost £100m, says HS2 chairman

Sir Jon Thompson tells a conference there is "no evidence high-speed trains interfere with bats".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 265726]

Nothing really, that's the point. It's just a common sense approach to city planning, not a big conspiracy as it is painted.

I see it differently. I see 15 minute cities not as an organic way of growing a community with the little people at the heart of that growth, starting their small business shops etc but an orchestrated attempt at handing over growth to the highest bidder which cuts out the little people. I am against.

 

[denso13]

I am against.

So am I, but I don't see that as an orchestrated outcome.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Nothing. 15 minute cities/neighborhoods is a concept where you take the good bits about easy commutable bits and apply them to other places where it isnt true

Government would freak out if the masses suddenly adopted, in full, all these ridiculous tree-hugging initiatives. Our economy and growth would be in deep poo poo.

Imagine if, today, we all decided to stop using our cars. No tax take from fuel. And, because of our ridiculously high rail prices, the masses elect to no longer travel anywhere that can't be reached unless on foot, cycling or by a 15 min bus journey.

Let's ALL go full tree-hugger and see how they like it ...

 

[denso13]

Imagine if, today, we all decided to stop using our cars. No tax take from fuel. And, because of our ridiculously high rail prices, the masses elect to no longer travel anywhere that can't be reached unless on foot, cycling or by a 15 min bus journey.

Good job 15min cities aren't about that then, eh.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Good job 15min cities aren't about that then, eh.

As the name suggests, a 15-minute city is an urban planning model where everything a resident needs in their daily life can be accessed within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. Rather than making an entire city traversable in 15-minutes, it instead means designing local areas to have everything civilians need within this distance.

The intention of this human-centric design concept is to reduce the use of cars and instead promote walking, cycling, and use of public transport. As such, 15-minute cities tend to emphasise features like green and public spaces, bike lanes and public walkways rather than roads. This concept is often referred to with other, similar names, including FMC, complete communities, 20-minute cities and 20-minute neighbourhoods.

A guide to 15-minute cities: why are they so controversial?

The Green Claims Code has been developed to help businesses communicate their sustainable practices clearly to customers.

www.ucem.ac.uk

 

[denso13]

As the name suggests, a 15-minute city is an urban planning model where everything a resident needs in their daily life can be accessed within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. Rather than making an entire city traversable in 15-minutes, it instead means designing local areas to have everything civilians need within this distance.

The intention of this human-centric design concept is to reduce the use of cars and instead promote walking, cycling, and use of public transport. As such, 15-minute cities tend to emphasise features like green and public spaces, bike lanes and public walkways rather than roads. This concept is often referred to with other, similar names, including FMC, complete communities, 20-minute cities and 20-minute neighbourhoods.

A guide to 15-minute cities: why are they so controversial?

The Green Claims Code has been developed to help businesses communicate their sustainable practices clearly to customers.

www.ucem.ac.uk

Yes, it isn't about banning cars and it isn't being backed by "ridiculous tree huggers". It makes absolute sense to travel 10 mins to see a doctor rather than 40 mins. Is that really so bad?

I live in a 15 minute village, and the world hasn't fallen apart.

 

[blup]

The bio pharma techs may be there but the big software companies are along the M4.

I’m sure the residents of Milton Keynes will know that governments cannot create things and declare them to be so, without the pull factors.

Yes, but IT research and development is concentrated in Oxford and Cambridge universities and their commercial offshoots, with big bio science companies locating there. Transport corridors between them and London and planned rail links each other make for an ideal location. The demand for employment related housing is such that a new settlement along the Oxford and Cambridge arc will likely be required. Maybe the M4 needs a Motorola museum.