15-Minute City: Urban Planning Solution To Climate Change

15-Minute City: Urban Planning Solution To Climate Change | CNA Correspondent

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10 ай бұрын

Since the passing of the historic Paris Agreement in 2015, governments are pledging their commitment to net zero carbon emissions. Major cities around the world are also exploring innovative ways to reduce their carbon footprint. From green energy to sustainable farming and tourism, several cities are embracing a new urban planning concept - the 15-minute city. The idea is that everything we need - workplaces, shops, parks, schools - should be within a 15-minute walk or cycle.
Spearheading this concept is the French capital of Paris. Its mayor Anne Hidalgo has championed it since early 2020, and has embedded it into a broader plan to promote active mobility at the expense of cars. Many cities have touted it as a climate solution and have achieved considerable success; cities including Houston, Milan, Brussels, Valencia, Chengdu and Melbourne, as well as Paris where it is best known.
00:15 What is the 15-Minute City concept?
03:38 Redesigning Paris to combat global warming
08:42 Roads converted in Bristol in community spaces
11:33 Encouraging drivers to give up their cars
16:31 Singapore's urban design to reduce travel times
20:54 New solutions for a post-pandemic society
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@ronaldlegree285 9 ай бұрын

Build it right and they will come. Remember to include cultural urban terms . A movement comes from inclusion and ideas that people will easily accept.

@spookystorytime2774 6 ай бұрын

Not in this generation buddy. People can be very stubbon. Even im on the fence about it Kind of like my life as it is

@jasonfisher693 6 ай бұрын

I have no problem with the 15 minute city. I actually think it’s a very good idea for so many reasons. Exercise. Noise control. Save money. Environment. Less stressful. They use the word “scheme” a lot in this video. As an American, when we hear that, it is taken in a negative context.

@ReallyRealBenMills 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, in European, Australian, and Singaporean English, it has a neutral connotation.

@greek9244 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree. However many conspiracy theories have been made and quite understandably because a lot of media and even some politicians have portrayed this is a “lockdown” or “total control” which is simply ridiculous. No one will be locked into a “zone”. The concept is to add more services, shops, bike lanes, better walkability etc to cities and towns which is great.

@wtk6069 3 ай бұрын

The concept of 15-minute convenience for citizens is fine. It's the political talk of these cities existing as part of restrictions on free travel and other suppressions of human rights that's the problem. At that point, the 15-minute city becomes the new face of fascism. That's not exactly fair to the technical design of the city, but the fault lies with politicians who are abusing the concept for personal power and control.

@ReallyRealBenMills 3 ай бұрын

@@wtk6069 That hasn't been happening, to my knowledge. The 'political talk' you mention is all made up BS.

@kevinsim1514 10 ай бұрын

Why didn’t CNA interview our local youtuber, TehSiewDai on this?

@AKEnoch-rl3eu 10 ай бұрын

That could have been great, I mean that guy is one of Singapore's best urbanists out there

@cdsung6527 9 ай бұрын

He’s great but he’s at most an enthusiast, not a credentialed researcher.

@selflesssamaritan6417 9 ай бұрын

15 minute communities are great to curb car-dependency, and making our communities safer.

@carkawalakhatulistiwa 8 ай бұрын

Soviet microdistrict vs USA suburb

@theultimatereductionist7592 8 ай бұрын

AGRED!

@theultimatereductionist7592 8 ай бұрын

So you are a PRISONER RIGHTS advocate like *I* am and fight against the EVIL AUTHORITARIANISM of prisons DENYING plant based protein to vegan prisoners.@@carkawalakhatulistiwa

@DrJams 8 ай бұрын

Without cars you will be timetable dependent. Going to walk home carrying your 10 bags of shopping at once?

@selflesssamaritan6417 8 ай бұрын

@@DrJams Imagine hoarding a lot of groceries at once. With cars you will be dependent of government control via driving license and dependent to big oil.

@jzk2020 9 ай бұрын

Istanbul, Barcelona and Copenhagen have mastered the 15 min. city concept.

@jamrollz 6 ай бұрын

Cities are all 15min, it's only American brains and apparently conservative British conspiracy nuts that think otherwise

@livinginitaly16years80 8 ай бұрын

Make public transport free

@ianhomerpura8937 6 ай бұрын

If the country is as rich as Luxembourg, yes.

@PixelShade 4 ай бұрын

@erpura8937 I mean looking at car infrastructure cost in the EU alone. They did a study for this and came up with the following conclusion, for each EUR you spend on your car, the government generally needs to spend 8EUR in added cost (due to infrastructure & maintenance cost, decrease in health both for those inside cars and those outside, accidents, pollution etc). if less people use cars, more of that money can be spent on subsidizing public transit. Car infrastructure is a huge black hole financially to society. In contrast walking has a positive impact financially (due to added health benefits), bicycling cost about 0.8EUR extra for every EUR you spend on your bicycle (abysmal with other words due to how little money you spend) and public transit cost 1.9EUR for every EUR spent by riders. I live in a 15 minute city and it's great. And countries like the US is doing themselves a financial disservice not to implement it.

@Danderman888 10 ай бұрын

There is nothing new in this idea. What is new is the increasing buy-in of previously sidelined prudent concepts and ideologies, resulting in the push-backs of previously faulty ideological routes we had decided to take, shortcuts, for the sake of immediate pleasures and comforts over long term logical outcomes.

@ianhomerpura8937 10 ай бұрын

The 15 minute city is basically going back to how cities functioned at the turn of the 20th century, back at the time when rickshaws were still common across Singapore and Southeast Asia. Anything that would reduce dependence on cars is good for my books. I really don't get why people are up in arms against this.

@perfectallycromulent 10 ай бұрын

people are up in arms against this because the current state of right-wing politics is to scream that anything that liberals say is a good idea is really an evil plan to take over the world.

@HappyDays-nk7iq 10 ай бұрын

Because if you build beautiful, nice, safe, walkable 15 minute cities then the motor vehicle industry can’t brain wash people into buying their 2 tonne machines on 4 wheels…

@LibertarianGalt 10 ай бұрын

Because cars are freedom for people you absolute melt.

@toximan2008 10 ай бұрын

it's another population control tactic. Just becomes easier to herd/keep track of people if they all live in these little district bubbles where everything they need is located. Little mini gulags that can be shut down to prevent people from entering/leaving each 15-minute city. Another way to limit human movement.

@ianhomerpura8937 9 ай бұрын

@@LibertarianGalt freedom to sink themselves deeper into debt? freedom to get stuck in congested streets? Give me a break! True freedom means having ALL options available.

@LetsJamFunk 10 ай бұрын

The PCN currently feels like it has been designed for leisure, when it has so much more potential if we re-tweak it for commuting. Singapore is small enough that many trips that could be done on public transport could also be done by bike. An adult cyclist rides at up to 25 km/h. Let's say we cut that to 15 km/h accounting for traffic stops. That still gets you to the CBD from Clementi, Yishun, Punggol, or Tampines at least. And it also gives people their daily threshold of exercise, addressing a second issue the world faces. Conversely, the COE-enforced vehicle quota makes many roads wider than they need to be. Repurposing 0.5 - 1 lanes of many such roads into faster cycle paths with trees to shade them would make cycling much more efficient. Given the conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians on many footpaths, this would be a huge benefit. And a nice bonus would be that reducing the amount of asphalt would also reduce the urban heat island effect. We have so much untapped opportunity to make SG a 15-minute city, and it costs less than many big-ticket infra projects.

@GenieBabe-ov5iv 10 ай бұрын

Shared lanes are just condusive to encouraging commute by bike. Bike Lanes exclusive for the use of cyclist (like copenhagen) should be seriously considered. With half-hearted effort, our government simply painted part of the walkway red and have a bicycle logo on it, nothing is done to encourage pedestrians to not use the lane. Cyclists still get strange looks when going a little faster in the "red lane"

@foreverclint 9 ай бұрын

What about those of us who cannot walk or ride a bike due to a physical ailment? What if my friends and family are not located within 15 minutes or I simply want to drive up the mountainside to get away from the city? Why are you all so sold on giving up your freedoms to make your own decisions on where you want to go or how you want to live your life. This is Socialism pure and simple at work here.

@LetsJamFunk 9 ай бұрын

@@foreverclint Dunno, I feel more freedom being able to spend or invest my money however I wanted, instead of being forced to spend $10K of it per year (and in Singapore, $100K) on registration, fuel, and maintenance liabilites just to have the mobility to participate meaningfully in society. And, not denying the needs of disabled people to whom you refer, by having more options re mode of transport, I have more power to "make my own decisions" and not hog roads, giving them more space and freedom to use them as they need.

@ianhomerpura8937 7 ай бұрын

@@foreverclint if you can drive, you can walk. Also, seriously? Driving to Bukit Timah? Hahaha

@frieden7777 4 ай бұрын

It costs our freedom,you still don't understand 🙈 Great Reset❗

@allrounder7003 2 ай бұрын

I live in Selby, Yorkshire, its a natural 15 minute place and it's very good.Anywhere I need to go on a normal weekly or even monthly basis is no more than 20 mins away on foot or 10 mins by bike. I can also get to York, Leeds or Doncaster for £2 on the bus. That takes care of anything but 6-8 trips a year. There should be more places like Selby.

@kookamunga2458 3 ай бұрын

Bicycles are a blast to ride . If a person is so out of shape that they have to drive everywhere then they are headed for a shortened lifespan . The part about forty three percent of all daily commute trips in cities are just a few miles or kms confirms it is easy to do on a bicycle even for an old fart who smoked for fifty years . I love trains and trams too .

@theplasmacollider6431 9 ай бұрын

19:33 What kind of spider is that?!

@DeLvoy1988 9 ай бұрын

Nephilia sp.

@Papistrash 10 ай бұрын

Take, for instance, PM Lee’s recent lament of the shortage of engineers in Singapore. The problem has become so acutre that we have had to engage Swedish and Japanese engineers to help us figure out what’s causing the interminable breakdowns of our MRT system. Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan even exhorted our train operators to look to Taipei to emulate the reliability of its rail system. At the risk of belabouring the point, how did we come to this after 50 years of PAP rule?

@LordTufi 9 ай бұрын

Let's clap some cheeks

@lottery248 9 ай бұрын

they are freemasons.

@kingofhearts3185 4 ай бұрын

Are they hiring foreign engineers for the MRT or just asking for consultants?

@astanfartin1647 9 ай бұрын

britain salutes you france make it real

@marianokowerko8661 4 ай бұрын

COULD THEIR NEXT TARGETS BE UNDO ALL PAVED STREETS AND HIGHWAYS PLUS CONCRETE BUILDINGS??

@PixelShade 4 ай бұрын

why so angry? :)

@ianhomerpura8937 3 ай бұрын

Highways, yes definitely.

@totoroben 4 ай бұрын

As a bicycle commuter from the USA, first thing that caught my eye in the thumbnail and first twenty seconds: the commentator is riding a bicycle that is too small, so i have trouble taking this video seriously.

@ianhomerpura8937 3 ай бұрын

Those smaller bikes are common in Southeast Asia. Not sure why it's a bad thing.

@raduungureanu2080 2 ай бұрын

lol. that bike is fine. most people in europe are perfectly ok with riding something like that.

@ianwhitelaw3066 8 ай бұрын

Won't apply to the dinghy mob.

@ianwhitelaw3066 8 ай бұрын

Control nothing more.

@paulachenkonobert3802 6 ай бұрын

Will be allowed to chose in which 15 minute neighborhood you live in, or will this be assigned..?

@ianhomerpura8937 5 ай бұрын

It's Singapore lol, it's more capitalist than NYC

@PJPsounds 3 ай бұрын

It's assigned during your birth, for example if you were born in UK you become a subject if in EU you become Citizen.

@tiagofilipe6592 9 ай бұрын

This is nothing new. The central planners of the Soviet regime also made everything accessible near the living blocks, not letting free markets and majority of society to live like they wanted. Interesting that they also cherish the lockdowns and people being restricted to their neighborhoods, a thing that caused poverty and misery to small businesses, giving more power to bureaucrats and money to BigTech oligarchs. I also wonder if this dangerous extremist is the one who wants to restrict meat eating, clothes buying and international traveling like they claim in C40 techncocratic website. These extremists are the ones who are influencing the corrupt politicians. Did anyone vote for this?

@guadalupemacias151 9 ай бұрын

Excelente comentario para la gente que no entiende la trampa que encierra la ciudad de 15 minutos 👍.

@ianhomerpura8937 8 ай бұрын

I don't get why you Brits are the first ones to get paranoia about these. The modern bicycle was practically invented there in the 1820s. And yet you are refusing all of that for what, cars made in the US and Europe?? You would really let big oil oligarchs from British Petroleum and Shell hold sway over you??

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

@@guadalupemacias151As someone who actually lives in a 15 minute city, I know how good they are

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937As a Brit, these nutcases annoy me so much

@AdrienneLMBT 9 ай бұрын

I will never live in a 15 minute city, especially with CDBC’s and social credit scores. Hell no!

@ianhomerpura8937 8 ай бұрын

Reject modernity. Return to traditional town planning before the 1940s

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937well said

@selflesssamaritan6417 5 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937 *return to urban planning before automobile invention.

@marianokowerko8661 6 ай бұрын

WOULD THE BUS SYSTEM TAKE MY FAMILY LETS SAY ON VACATION FROM MADRID TO PARIS FRANCE?

@Lunaviia 6 ай бұрын

there is a direct train connection between madrid and paris.

@johnmycroft3065 6 ай бұрын

another crisis. yea

@joeblow396 8 ай бұрын

Gaza is a perfect example of the future of fifteen minute cities

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

So is Amsterdam

@selflesssamaritan6417 5 ай бұрын

So is Akihabara.

@MaxItUpwithMarta 7 ай бұрын

You never think of the parents with small children, elderly and those with limited physical mobility . Not everyone can ride a bike.

@beanpasteposts 7 ай бұрын

No, it’s the exact opposite actually. I’m disabled and can’t drive and public transit is FAR more disability friendly than cars are. Not to mention, the sheer amount of drivers that don’t care at all about pedestrians trying to cross the street, and how almost nothing is done to make those streets safer.

@nishiljaiswal2216 7 ай бұрын

Yea also those can drive a car 😂

@randoguy7488 6 ай бұрын

Maybe if those kids and elderly wouldn't risk being mauled by cars, they'd be able to travel by themselves, including the disabled, since a mobility scooter won't get hit by a pedestrian in a pedestrianized area. Also pedestrianized doesn't always mean "cars banned", exceptions always exist.

@PJPsounds 3 ай бұрын

Not everyone can drive a car?

@LoganaBanana 9 ай бұрын

i dont agree

@ianhomerpura8937 9 ай бұрын

Why

@Papistrash 10 ай бұрын

The historical context of Mr Ong’s presidency is crucial as we consider Tharman’s potential candidacy. Since Mr Ong’s tenure, PAP has amended the constitution in 1996 to necessitate presidential consultation with the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) on matters concerning past reserves and key public appointments. If the president’s decision diverges from the CPA’s advice, Parliament can override it with a two-thirds majority vote.

@dollface8070 10 ай бұрын

Tyranny at its finest smh

@ianhomerpura8937 10 ай бұрын

Singapore has scarce land, and 12% of that land are roads. Better make the most out of it.

@delftfietser 9 ай бұрын

Culture isn't always portable.

@selflesssamaritan6417 8 ай бұрын

Ah yes. Tyranny is when you do not need to drive to go to work, etc.

@carkawalakhatulistiwa 8 ай бұрын

Soviet microdistrict vs USA suburb

@ianhomerpura8937 8 ай бұрын

Singaporean HDB districts above all else

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

US suburbs are so bland. As a European who lives in a 15 minute city, the idea of living in one irks me.

@iainclark5964 9 ай бұрын

How will you stop people travelling more than 15 mins from their home, given that average walking speed is 4mph than means people will be confined to a 1 mile radius of their home. What level of force and coercion will be required to enforce it. Can you imagine having family 40 miles away and being told you can never see them again. Also if people need to attend a medical appointment 5 miles away would that be allowed.

@beanpasteposts 7 ай бұрын

What? No one’s stopping you from going beyond 15 min in distance. It’s a relative concept in the first place, depending on which method of commute you take. All it means is that you’ll be able to get wherever you need to within 15 min on average without the need for a car.

@nishiljaiswal2216 7 ай бұрын

@PaperworkExplosions172strawman strawman strawman

@matthewthomas7824 6 ай бұрын

@@beanpasteposts of course you can leave for work. Most of the residents of Auschwitz worked outside of their 15 minute city. The elite will still need servants. Who will butter king chuckies bread and put toothpaste on his toothbrush.

@Stonefactor 5 ай бұрын

@ianhomerpura8937 3 ай бұрын

Better than parking lots and strip malls

@SlingandStoneVideos 9 ай бұрын

how bout *NO*

@ianhomerpura8937 9 ай бұрын

I am very sure you are a car-loving American. Get the hell out of here.

@selflesssamaritan6417 8 ай бұрын

How about yes?

@SlingandStoneVideos 8 ай бұрын

@selflesssamaritan6417 well when they want to enforce tyrannical rules you don't agree with and your forced to go along then just remember that

@ianhomerpura8937 8 ай бұрын

@@SlingandStoneVideos better than being mire deep in debt due to car insurance, licence, maintenance, and upgrades. But sure, lick the boots of the oil oligarchs if you prefer to do so.

@selflesssamaritan6417 8 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937 So apparently according to "carbrains" tyranny is an opportunity to get rid of wasting money on fuel, taxes, driving license, insurance and maintenance cost?

@marianokowerko8661 4 ай бұрын

IT MEANS IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER CITY TO VISIT SOMEONE..IT WILL DEPEND WETHER YOU WILL GET PERMISSION FROM A SORT OF COMMISARS TO DO SO OR NOT JUST LIKE IT WAS IN RUSSIA UNDER THE COMMUNIST BOLSHEVISTS.

@josephmath1 4 ай бұрын

15 min cities isnt about restricting how far you can go, its about bring nessicssties closer, so for example, you can walk to your closest grocery store. the walled cities and 15 min cities are 2 different ideas.

@Papistrash 10 ай бұрын

After 50 years of rule - uninterrupted - the PAP has failed to develop sustainable (population growth, education and economic development) policies that will enable locals to drive our economy, that is, creating jobs and attracting investments, with foreigners playing a complementary role. Instead, the situation has been turned on it head. Foreigners are now the main force behind our economy and Singaporeans are playing the supporting role. Lees’ words, not mine. Dr Chee Soon Juan

@ianhomerpura8937 10 ай бұрын

When locals do not want to apply for some of the most menial jobs, it is inevitable that foreign workers will be allowed to fill in the void. After all, having enough skilled manpower is still more profitable for businesses than investing in automation.

@tslee8236 9 ай бұрын

Like it or not, there is a labour pyramid. In order for more of the locals to stay at the top half of the pyramid, you'll need to fill the bottom half of the pyramid with foreign workers and make the pyramid larger. Unfortunately, the less capable locals may face more competition at the bottom half.

@idaselinahobbs9031 9 ай бұрын

A 15 minute PRISON - this is the ultimate goal of this concept. Wake up people!

@jimthain8777 9 ай бұрын

Seriously? You LIKE commuting 2 hours to and from work every single day? You must be a masochist! Me I have to drive for a living. It's hell. Every day someone tries (intentionally or unintentionally) to kill me! I can't see oncoming traffic for parked cars. Oh and did I say traffic, yeah, it increases every single day. More apartments, more cars, more traffic. Deliveries that used to be fairly quick now take longer. Deliveries that were always a bit of a stretch, can take an hour or more. My prison is my car. It's a nice prison, but it's still a prison.

@maddiekits 8 ай бұрын

This feels like Stockholm syndrome 😂

@brawleytj 7 ай бұрын

Bullshit. You are spreading false conspiracies.

@ianhomerpura8937 6 ай бұрын

Another crazy carbrain American.

@ianhomerpura8937 2 ай бұрын

You are a slave to the oil and automobile industry. You are already in shackles.

@jacobn516 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like a big HOA.

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

HOAs basically only exists in the US and Canada which just so happens to have the least walkable cities in the world

@ianhomerpura8937 7 ай бұрын

@@allergy5634 we have them in the Philippines as well, but they are heavily regulated by the govt and are thus not that powerful, in most cases.

@jalynndanae290 10 ай бұрын

It’s a means of total control, the government and the elites want to control the world but Jesus Christ already has the victory, place your trust in Jesus, He died on the cross and rose again three days later so we could be saved for our sins, the punishment of sin is death but He paid our punishment, receive His gift by placing your total faith in Him and repenting from your sins. Jesus is the only way, all other roads lead to destruction, so turn to Him and start a relationship with Him today.

@ianhomerpura8937 10 ай бұрын

The elites who control the petroleum and automobile companies and their shareholders already control us. Too late for that. Also, please, do not use this to share the Gospel. You will only end up moving people further away from the faith.

@idaselinahobbs9031 9 ай бұрын

Amen 🤗😇🙏❤️

@jimthain8777 9 ай бұрын

Those people already have all the control now. They've had it for decades. A 15 minute city changes none of that for better or for worse. It does eliminate your commute. Why is that good for the elite? Simple, you do a better job at work, if you're well rested, and happy because you see more of your family. It's really a win, win, for everyone. It's not perfect, but nothing short of Heaven is.

@delftfietser 9 ай бұрын

15 minute commute whether by foot, bike, car. Anyone saying one is always better than the other is just someone else's limited perspective masked as unquestionable truth.

@selflesssamaritan6417 8 ай бұрын

Towns where Jesus lived were technically 15-minute cities before all the hype - where people did not even need to drive anywhere to access and explore anything.

@dianaroach3093 8 ай бұрын

Those that chose this prison. Are more than welcome to go. Not me

@allergy5634 7 ай бұрын

Would you call Edinburgh a prison?

@laoch5658 6 ай бұрын

It makes it a lot easy to control people

@ianhomerpura8937 6 ай бұрын

Those wide boulevards in Paris were built by Haussmann so people cannot build barricades during rebellions. It failed miserably, as shown in 1871, 1944, and 1968.

@SheSweetLikSugarNSavage 8 ай бұрын

I'm all for this plan and project. Where I live cars and automobiles are everywhere, making noise all the time....🙄day and night the traffic noise never stops.... 😂 its nauseating One day I thought, this is seriously not normal. 🚦🛑🚙🛵🛻🚘🚦🚧🚗🚕🚔 You have no idea how many times I wished for a total EMP blackout just to get some peace and quite from all the nonstop traffic noise.😆

@DrJams 8 ай бұрын

Without cars it's timetable dependency and waiting at bus stops.

@mrm7058 7 ай бұрын

@@DrJams Depends on the frequency. When the bus comes every 5 minutes (or even more often), you stop caring about the timetable.

@Erintii 7 ай бұрын

@@DrJams I prefer to wait for a bus than drive. Freedom is not when one is forced to drive everywhere but where is an option.

@jbrous3602 5 ай бұрын

Most people move to the countryside to live, what's your problem? You don't have a car?

@Erintii 5 ай бұрын

@@jbrous3602 I know many ppl choose countryside. I don't like. I have no car, I don't like driving and like being in a city.

@fightgame321 9 ай бұрын

no thanks jabroni's

@jimplimkin4026 6 ай бұрын

Looks like Communism

@selflesssamaritan6417 5 ай бұрын

Soviet microdistricts.

@ianhomerpura8937 5 ай бұрын

Still capitalism. More people in one area means more potential customers for shops nearby.

@jimplimkin4026 5 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937 say you live in a city without saying you live in a city. Because you did

@jimplimkin4026 5 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937 what about rural areas?

@ianhomerpura8937 3 ай бұрын

@@jimplimkin4026 in rural areas you can have all the cars, trucks, and tractors you want. It's what is necessary there. But in cities and suburbs? Why should cars be the ONLY option?

@thereformer 6 ай бұрын

Ah, but 15 minute cities already exist...you can drive almost anywhere you want in about 15 minutes. Problem solved.

@ianhomerpura8937 6 ай бұрын

The more options, the better. That is true freedom.

@selflesssamaritan6417 5 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937 The freedom of not needing any vehicle or not having to spend on fuel in order to access everything.

@irenekodac3511 10 ай бұрын

All the bike lanes, the 15 minute cities deny the reality of a large majority of people who cannot ride bikes (Muslim women, aged people, people with medical problems (which is a huge part of the population) the handicapped, the visually impaired, vertigo or labaryntitis precludes bike riding. men or women with children - even one child is a problem They deny the reality that shopping for food means loads of bags of stuff. If you are single you can do all this with your bike, or transit. Try hauling bags of groceries and a baby cariage and another child in tow. The people behind these ideas have no imagination. They have one goal and close their eyes to reality. They also deny the reality of winters when roads are icy and it is risky to walk. Neither are mothers with children going to push buggies in the snow. No one has every done a market study to get statistics as to bike riders. What is their demographic - young, athletic and single. Transit users also are not women with children, nor the elderly or even middle-aged people if it is grocery shopping that they are doing. Food, bags of groceries are a reality and using transit is totally unrealistic in this regard. Plus, we do not shop only for food. Many household items are bulky - are we go pay $60 for delivery each time we buy a bulky item? Get real, open your eyes to who lives in your neighbourhood, look at the people on the street, look at the people riding buses - are they touting groceries - hardly.

@velohench 10 ай бұрын

This is one hell of an American take. Wow.

@MarkEdisonAlviz-official 10 ай бұрын

Haven’t heard of mass transport system. Paying for deliveries of bulked items? It’s just a matter of how often you buy and what you buy. In a long run delivery fees for bulked item is nothing compared to savings from fuel, parking, and time travel spent for daily or even, weekly personal commute.

@mdw908 9 ай бұрын

@@MarkEdisonAlviz-officialWhat about those of us who can't stand to live in crowded cities? No thanks. Take your equitable crap and...

@mdw908 9 ай бұрын

@@velohench I didn't know that only people with children, elderly or disabled people, visually impaired people were only Americans. You must live in some Utopia where every person is perfect and the sun shines 24/7. 🤡

@ditsygirl5409 9 ай бұрын

Don’t go crazy on 15 min city rant. In Singapore we have good public buses at neighbourhood estates within 10 mins walk that comes every 5-15 min interval and public trains system that is available at every town. Not all cities are dysfunctional.