Backlash Grows Against 15-Minute Cities Amid Fears of Curtailed Movement

Backlash Grows Against 15-Minute Cities Amid Fears of Curtailed Movement
A cyclist rides along a road in Oxford, England, on Jan. 30, 2023. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images
Lee Harding
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The concept of 15-minute cities is advancing in Canada, as is a backlash from those who regard it as a threat to freedom.

The framework, pioneered in 2015 at the Paris COP21 climate summit by the French-Colombian professor Carlos Moreno, calls for areas where a 15-minute bike ride or walk would connect residents to everything they would need. Urbanist Dan Luscher promotes the idea on 15minutecity.com but acknowledges its inherent curtailment of free travel and free markets.
Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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