Great piece. While I agree that it's probably not practical for everything to be within a 15 minute walking distance, I think we can get most of the way there.
If we tax land values instead of property and adopt form-based codes over Euclidean zoning, the city businesses and inhabitants would probably arrange themselves into something resembling the core goals of a 15 minute city.
Crucially, this can be done without any form of central planning.
It was nice to see the Alex Colville painting. Did your note say that it was a painting from Fargo, ND. I was confused by the attribution but it does take the view to the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Canada), where it is presumably held. I highly recommend checking out more of Colville’s work. He was one of Canada’s great contemporary painters. Always nice to see a new piece I was unfamiliar with.
The idea of 15 minute neighbourhoods doesn’t mean you have to sell your car. You can still drive to Costco or Walmart each week for a big grocery run.
The idea of it is that more of your daily destinations are close to you. If you are cooking a recipe for instance, you can safely ask your teenager to bike to a local market to pick up eggs or something that you are missing. You can also walk to a pub, a nail or hair appointment, a dentist, a coffee shop, or a daycare. You are still free to drive to more distant places if you prefer them, but there is more stuff located close to you. Currently much zoning prevents this in new residential neighbourhoods.
Could you clarify your question? All the costs of a car in NYC are the same anywhere else except clearly parking which I imagine is super expensive. But I don't understand why you are asking that? NYC is a outlier city. Even in North America's next big city, Toronto, lots of people own cars and live downtown. There are lots of neighbourhoods in Toronto that are exemplars of 15 minute city living in which people drive out to Ikea and whatever.
I think "15 minute neighborhood" is a bit more accurate than "15 minute city."
Great piece. While I agree that it's probably not practical for everything to be within a 15 minute walking distance, I think we can get most of the way there.
If we tax land values instead of property and adopt form-based codes over Euclidean zoning, the city businesses and inhabitants would probably arrange themselves into something resembling the core goals of a 15 minute city.
Crucially, this can be done without any form of central planning.
It was nice to see the Alex Colville painting. Did your note say that it was a painting from Fargo, ND. I was confused by the attribution but it does take the view to the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Canada), where it is presumably held. I highly recommend checking out more of Colville’s work. He was one of Canada’s great contemporary painters. Always nice to see a new piece I was unfamiliar with.
How do I carry home what I buy ?
Don't have to buy as much if you can go every day. For everything else, there's bike baskets.
That doesn't seem very efficient.
I have five kids.
I guess I could go every 15 minutes.
It's probably easier once you can have one of them go for you.
The idea of 15 minute neighbourhoods doesn’t mean you have to sell your car. You can still drive to Costco or Walmart each week for a big grocery run.
The idea of it is that more of your daily destinations are close to you. If you are cooking a recipe for instance, you can safely ask your teenager to bike to a local market to pick up eggs or something that you are missing. You can also walk to a pub, a nail or hair appointment, a dentist, a coffee shop, or a daycare. You are still free to drive to more distant places if you prefer them, but there is more stuff located close to you. Currently much zoning prevents this in new residential neighbourhoods.
Sounds great.
I have a question.
How much does it cost to own a car in NYC ?
Could you clarify your question? All the costs of a car in NYC are the same anywhere else except clearly parking which I imagine is super expensive. But I don't understand why you are asking that? NYC is a outlier city. Even in North America's next big city, Toronto, lots of people own cars and live downtown. There are lots of neighbourhoods in Toronto that are exemplars of 15 minute city living in which people drive out to Ikea and whatever.
I have no problem with choices.
When central planning is involved choices seem to disappear.
I lived in Irvine so I do not what you speak.