I think the basic idea is to stop urban sprawl - cities growing endlessly outward with residential suburbs and purpose built malls, leaving a central district that is dead after offices close and residents wasting time and energy commuting in and out the CBD. It seems to be popular every where it's implemented. In this conversation, it seems to have turned into ppl either being locked in their zones or having to cycle sofas 15 miles home from IKEA ...
I couldn't personally think of anything worse then living in a "15min city". But each to their own I suppose. As for global warming/climate change. I personally don't think humans scratch the surface of it and it's just a scaremongering tactic to tax you on anything they can and pretend it's to help. Is the climate changing? Almost certainly as it has many many times since the dawn of time, are humans really effecting it....I doubt it.
what would actually be of benefit is excellent public transport such as light rails/mono rails all over cities fast, efficient buses are ****
A friend of mine was travelling from Sutton to Slough 2/3 days a week for work and was grateful when she changed jobs and now she travels into Central London 5 days a week but using tube. When I was younger I would work all over and travel all over socially. Most people dont want to be reduced to 15 minute journeys.
If you don't like living in urban areas, then I don't think you'll be corralled in and forced to - it's an initiative to benefit those who do live in them.
I'm not sure how to answer this. Are you saying that most ppl want longer commutes to work in London?
Despite the rumours I have my wits about me, I've never visited an Ikea. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I live within fifteen minutes of a supermarket, a delicatessen, a GP surgery, my place of work and sports facilities. It seems I'm already living in a fifteen minute city and it's really rather nice. Though I still have a car, just in case I want to buy some **** furniture, or visit a friend who doesn't live in my fifteen minute city.
I wish they would stop using their "initiative". Near me half the road has been made for cyclists. I dont know about the rush hour but I do know that for the rest of the day vehicles travel along the road slowly in single file while the "cycle lanes" might have one cycle using them every 15 minutes. Bus stops are planted in the middle of the road and when a bus stops all the traffic does too. People have to get to the bus stop by crossing the cycle lane. Ambulances are stuck in traffic because vehicles cant make space for them to get by.
for me, the whole benfit of modern technology is being able to not live in a city cities were a thing because obviously even travelling 10 miles was a long time back in the day, so everyone moved into cities commuting into a city is far more pleasent than living in one we just need actually decent transport so people would rather use it than drive
I lived in London for many years and drove from South to North London (and back) every day and ambulances and fire engines always got through. It didn't matter how busy it was, traffic always got out the way, up on the pavement, peoples drives, anything to get out the way. They never moved for the police though.
She had to travel to Paddington and then to Slough. If she went by car it would take even longer. Travelling by tube from Sutton to Central London took about 30 minutes. I think people only benefit with working from home if they live further out from London and have to travel to the centre. If you try to get jobs near where you live you will find you dont have much choice.
