Lately, if you view Brit news, there's a lot of chatter over the city planning concept of 15-minute cities.
So the planning tool concept is that 'most daily necessities and services' (we are talking about work, schools, clinics, leisure and shopping). The key point....you get there by walking or riding a bike (not using a car or public bus).
I've viewed the concept a good bit. I'll admit....I've only been to the 'isle' around four times in my life and mostly ventured in rural areas (outside of London).
Proving the point of this working? I'm not that convinced that actual research has proven this point, and I'd question how one comes to the number '15'.
Working in a German community?
Well....most German towns/villages have what I call a industriegebiet. It's at the very end of a town, and this is usually where you might have 10 to 20 small companies. It's zoned for industry and city councils don't over-regulate things.
Clinics or hospitals? They don't really fit into this scheme because if you were sick or in a bad health situation.....you won't be walking or riding a bike over to the facility.
Grocery operations? A German town of 10,000 might have two to three operations, and it's rare that they'd all be in the center of town.
Trying to get locals to agree to the 15-minute concept in Germany? I just don't see this working. They'd start asking pointed and blunt questions, and the city council would quickly note that 'sneaking' it by the public won't work.
How this started in the UK? You had to have some simple 'brand' (message), with minimal people showing up for city council meetings, and a newspaper half-a-sleep.
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