Think about your nearest town or city. Perhaps you live in a city or a short distance away from one, and travel in regularly by bus or train, or perhaps you live further away. What do you use the urban area for? What goods and services are provided? How do you travel there, and how you get around once your arrive? Can you get to everything you need within a 15-minute walk or bike ride?
As the name suggests, a 15-minute city is where, in an urban area, everything that a person needs in their everyday life is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from their home. Central to this idea is walking or riding a bike, not jumping in a car as so many of us do. Some cities such as Paris and Milan are already incorporating these ideas into their planning, and the UK cities of Ipswich, Birmingham and Canterbury have agreed to do so too.
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