Shadow queen of Vancouver urbanists: “Why urban density is actually good for us”

https://www.straight.com/city-culture/why-urban-density-is-actually-good-for-us #Vancouver #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #Density #Walkable #15MinuteCity

OMG Vancouver finally looks at corner stores as one of the improvements to current zoning. It could be a game changer for boring suburban areas of the city!

More info and a SURVEY: https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/corner-stores
#Vancouver #urbanism #CornerStore #UrbanPlanning #MixedUse #walkable #WalkableCities #StrongTowns #15MinuteCity

𝔓𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫!
Here's a document that allowed my great-grandfather to cross the Moerdijk bridge in 1944.
In a #15minuteCity we will see something similar, although the authorities will deny that because the license will be on your phone.

𝔓𝔞𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫!
Here's a document that allowed my grandfather to cross the Moerdijk bridge in 1944.
In a #15minuteCity we will see something similar, although the authorities will deny that because the license will be on your phone.

1) The council plays a major role in crafting Seattle’s housing and land use plan called the “comprehensive master plan.” This update will decide if we chart a bold new course for housing abundance/affordability and a #15MinuteCity where you can walk to your daily needs — or not.

Woman interrupts ULEZ Champagne Party.

People, rightly, feel extremely strongly & passionately about this, as Londoners dissent into a dystopian totalitarian future hastens.

ULEZ – charging poor for pollution created by rich
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/113495/12-07-2023/ulez-charging-poor-for-pollution-created-by-rich/

#ecofascism #waronthepoor #wealthtransfer #surveillance #WEF #15MinuteCity #control #mobility #classwar #humanrights

Attempts to reduce #CarDependency can be politically fraught, as demonstrated by an improbable #global #hysteria over the #15MinuteCity an #UrbanPlanning #concept proposing that grocery stores, schools, and other amenities be located within a 15-minute walk from homes.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/evs-alone-cant-solve-climate-problems

The impetus for the article was a widely reported, bizarre protest against the plan to create a #15MinuteCity in Oxford, England. A 15-minute city is a city where planning strives to ensure that you can walk or bicycle to all the things you need - shopping, leisure, school, work, healthcare - within 15 minutes. It's been the source of unhinged conspiracy theories from the far-right fever swamp, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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The impetus for the article was a widely reported, bizarre protest against the plan to create a #15MinuteCity in Oxford, England. A 15-minute city is a city where planning strives to ensure that you can walk or bicycle to all the things you need - shopping, leisure, school, work, healthcare - within 15 minutes. It's been the source of unhinged conspiracy theories from the far-right fever swamp, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Making our sidewalks interesting (things to see) and useful (convenient access to daily necessities) are two essential ingredients to create a walkable #15MinuteCity. Comfort, safety, and accessibility are the other three. What policies have you seen work well to do this?
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RT @TheStranger
The Mayor's plan to fill vacant storefronts downtown is nice for participants, but it's basically a huge giveaway to commercial landlords.

Ther…
https://twitter.com/TheStranger/status/1651988433043349505

The conspiracy theory "du jour" 🙄 #15minuteCity #misinformation #conspiracyNuts

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/15-minute-city-conspiracy-theory-essex-county-council-1.6808005

So I just want to talk this through to make sure I've got it all right. The "don't tread on me" crowd thinks that an optimal society is geographically organized such that all people are forced to spend money moving thousands of pounds of metal in order to meet their basic needs for food and shelter.

The "better dead than red" crew thinks that it's a good idea to force people to use debt funded socialist infrastructure that's crumbling from lack of investment to shuttle around the giant personal paywall that they live their lives behind. They think that it's a good idea to make something critical to ones life that is complicated, expensive to fix, difficult to fix, relies on multiple parts that can't be manufactured in any kind of DIY way, uses a resource that's extremely centralized and easy to control, that must be registered with the government in order to operate, that requires one to carry government issued ID in order to legally operate, that's use is sufficient grounds for the state to demand one's papers under threat of detention, and that's subject to random government search and seizure. But being able to walk to fulfill all your basic needs is tyranny and must be resisted at all costs.

So...yeah... that's freedom I guess.

#15MinuteCity #fuckcars

The walkable city is doomed. Enough people believe that any plan to move away from stressful lifestyles of long commutes & suburban isolation is an excuse to build urban concentration camps. The only people this benefits are car manufacturers and oil companies. #cities #urban #conspiracy #15MinuteCity

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/15-minute-city-conspiracy-theory-essex-county-council-1.6808005

RT @GordonOfSeattle
Advocates for streets for people also need to be advocates for good land use and housing policies. We can't create a #15MinuteCity if folks can't afford to live here, or if we don't allow critical necessities like grocery stores, day care, and healthcare in our neighborhoods. https://twitter.com/SNGreenways/status/1638616849264033792

This one has been flying around my #Facebook friends list. In and of itself, it’s true. I have no argument with what it says. But there’s a lot it’s not saying, and I can’t help but feel like it’s designed to disparage the #15minuteCity concept by that omission.

First, the concept itself. The idea of the 15-minute city (“#15mC”) is pretty simple: everything you need for your daily life should be within 15 minutes’ #walk. Some definitions have “walk or #bicycle ride,” but I think that drastically weakens the concept.

In other words, a healthy, able-bodied adult should be able to get to all the usual destinations in no more than a quarter of an hour, on foot. I would add to this that #children, the #elderly, and people of all ages with #disabilities should also be able to get where they’re going via accessible #public #transit, in the same amount of time.

All the usual destinations. Which yes, means #grocery #stores, #restaurants, #movie #theaters, etc.—for people who #work there as well as the patrons. And every other kind of #workplace too. Of course you don’t have to work or eat or shop close to home. But the option needs to be there, and the work has to be able to pay for all the rest.

That’s always been part of the concept. If the work criterion is not met, you don’t have a 15mC; you have a theme park, like the post says. Fair enough.

Yes, and? If you have a #house without a roof, you don’t have a house, you have a collection of walls. If you have a plate without #food on it, you don’t have a meal, you have #hunger. If you have a #legislature that can arbitrarily kick out its members for voicing their opinions, you don’t have #liberty, you have #tyranny. Everyone understands this.

So if we agree that the 15mC is a good idea—I certainly think it is—then let’s try to make it happen. This kind of sniping strikes me as less a valid critique and more an attempt to make the whole idea sound impossible.

Maybe that’s not the intent, but it’s sure how it comes across. Yeah … don’t do that.

These numbers must be a wakeup call for land use and transportation planning in Seattle. Do we actually want a safe, equitable, healthy, and sustainable city? If so, we need to build a #15MinuteCity where people can easily walk and roll to their daily needs. Time is the #1 factor
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RT @CommuteSeattle
Our respondents shared how they get around to other trips they take on a regular basis

- 12% walk to the grocery store
- 9% walk to…
https://twitter.com/CommuteSeattle/status/1643755550717640704

15 MINITE CITIES in China Neighborhoods are split into permission ZONES with gates at entry and exit points. These require visitors and residents to scan their ID (their face) to gain entry.
@adam @Johncdvorak save the climate and stop the crime.

#lockdown #15MinuteCity #15mincities #china

I've heard the same about retirement communities/assisted living etc.
ghetto-ise boomers into places to let them DIE.
#15minutecity

The 2022 Commute Seattle survey (50k respondents) found that top two factors that affect how people choose to get around are:
#1 Time
#2 Convenience

We need to make🚶🏽‍♀️🚴🏿‍♀️🚎 trips quick, convenient, and safe. That means a #15MinuteCity, bike lanes, bus lanes, and #VisionZero.
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RT @UrbanistOrg
King County Metro’s Route 40 bus is headed for upgrades, but some business interests and Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson oppose them…
https://twitter.com/UrbanistOrg/status/1641454634287132673

How well is your area supplied? What can you reach in a 15 minute walk?

Mine:

✅ General Practitioner
✅ Supermarket
✅ Pharmacy
❌ Library
✅ Park/Forest
✅ Café's/Bars
✅ Business
✅ Postoffice
❌ Cinema
✅ Sport/Fitness
✅ Bus stops
✅ Lightrail/metro station
✅ Theater
✅ Restaurants

#Nürnberg #Gleishammer
Please boost and use the hashtag #15MinuteCity if you're posting a version of this yourself.