Good luck with trying to fashion a pedestrian friendly, 'fifteen minute neighbourhood' out of this sprawl Dilemmas and contradictions As a non-driver, I'm taking what can best be described as a 'third position'. Very briefly the position is that while I oppose the highly intrusive technology being deployed to implement the concept of 'fifteen minute neighbourhoods', as a non-driver, I'm very receptive to the idea of having as many of life's amenities as possible within a fifteen minute walk. I have on many occasions pointed out that pretty much the majority of the neighbourhoods where people live don't come anywhere near fulfilling the criteria that would make them a workable 'fifteen minute neighbourhood'. That's a result of the rise of out of town shopping alongside planning policies which have assumed near universal car ownership for decades, allowing the outer suburbs and overspill towns to sprawl accordingly.
A war on non drivers...
A war on non drivers...
A war on non drivers...
Good luck with trying to fashion a pedestrian friendly, 'fifteen minute neighbourhood' out of this sprawl Dilemmas and contradictions As a non-driver, I'm taking what can best be described as a 'third position'. Very briefly the position is that while I oppose the highly intrusive technology being deployed to implement the concept of 'fifteen minute neighbourhoods', as a non-driver, I'm very receptive to the idea of having as many of life's amenities as possible within a fifteen minute walk. I have on many occasions pointed out that pretty much the majority of the neighbourhoods where people live don't come anywhere near fulfilling the criteria that would make them a workable 'fifteen minute neighbourhood'. That's a result of the rise of out of town shopping alongside planning policies which have assumed near universal car ownership for decades, allowing the outer suburbs and overspill towns to sprawl accordingly.