15-minute city

plural 15-minute cities

1. neologismurban studiesA city in which most daily necessities and services are located within an easily reachable 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point.First known use 2016

   The 15-minute city, he suggested, was a “dystopian plan”, heralding “a surveillance culture that would make Pyongyang envious”.

   2023 February 16, Oliver Wainwright, “In praise of the ‘15-minute city’ – the mundane planning theory terrifying conspiracists”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023

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   Notable examples include Paris and its “Ville du quart d'heure,” a 15-minute city based on decentralized, mini-hubs where everything one is likely to need is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.

   2022, Zaheer Allam et al., editors, Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 41

   On Feb. 18, when an estimated 2,000 demonstrators converged at a protest in Oxford, some carried signs claiming that 15-minute cities would become “ghettos” created by the World Economic Forum as a form of “tyrannical control.” In fact, LTNs are championed by the Oxfordshire county council; the separate Oxford City Council has cited the 15-minute city as an inspiration for its vision of the city in 2040.

   2023 March 28, Tiffany Hsu, “He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023