Recent Streetsblog USA posts about 15 Minute Cities

Dear 15-Minute Conspiracy Theorists: You Already Live in a Transportation Dystopia

By Kea Wilson | Mar 6, 2023 | No Comments

Right-wing conspiracy theorists have seized on the 15-minute city, where every resident can — gasp — safely and conveniently meet their basic needs without supporting a constellation of automotive interests along the way. Here's why they're wrong.

Analysis: There Are No 15-Minute Cities in a Post-Roe America

By Kea Wilson | Jun 27, 2022 | No Comments

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will increase the average round-trip travel distance required to reach the closest legal abortion care provider from 50 miles to a staggering 250.

Source: Point of the Mountain State Land Authority

Utah Is Building a ’15-Minute City’ From Scratch

By Kea Wilson | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

A new planned community in Utah may serve as a model for other U.S. developers who want to build basic mobility into the foundations of their designs.

Low-density sprawl of single family homes. Photo: Inhabitat

Study: Shifting to EVs Won’t Save Our Planet without Creating ‘Compact’ Cities

By Vince DiMiceli | Dec 10, 2021 | No Comments

“When we design our cities, we’ve been putting moving cars ahead of moving people,” said the head of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. “It doesn’t have to be that way.”

Report: We Need to Ditch Cars 40% Of The Time

By Kea Wilson | Nov 12, 2021 | No Comments

City residents must massively increase the percentage of journeys they take on public transportation and using active modes within 10 years if the world is going to meet its climate targets, a new report argues — but federal governments aren't stepping up to make it happen.

What Would Our Cities Look Like If AVs Ruled the Roads?

By Kea Wilson | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Autonomous vehicles could unleash a second wave of suburban sprawl that makes cities inhospitable to people outside cars in new ways — unless governments adopt policies to soften their impact now, a new study argues.

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