Florida Needs More 15-Minute Cities

Earlier this year, American right-wing media circulated one of the most random conspiracies of recent memory: the 15-minute city. As someone in a field adjacent to urban planning, I’ve known of the concept of 15-minute cities for a while. The phrase was first coined by urbanist <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/15-minute-cities-what-are-they-and-how-do-they-work/a-64907776" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Carlos Moreno in 2016</a>, though its ideological foundations come from before the automobile age and have been rekindled in urban theory since the publication of Jane Jacob’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The Death and Life of Great American Cities</a> in 1961. A 15-minute city is a city in which everyday necessities like grocery stores, pharmacies, schools, and places of work are accessible within a 15-minute walk, bike, or public transit ride from your home. This principle is meant to improve people’s quality of life and make owning a car a choice rather than a prerequisite of thriving in society. <a href="https://medium.com/the-new-climate/florida-needs-more-15-minute-cities-e3a29f573ee">Visit Now</a>