The 15-minute city is either an urban-planning epiphany or a totalitarian nightmare, depending on whom you ask. The concept, credited to a Sorbonne University professor, promotes self-contained ...
The "15-minute City" is an urban planning concept where your main daily needs are a close walk, bike or transit ride from home. It could also help limit global warming, but it faces major obstacles.
A Feb. 21 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) features an image with text making an allegation about "15-minute cities." "15 min city is permanent lockdown," reads the text in the image. The ...