![]() ![]() SIMON: Basically, the false accusation is that a cabal of global elites will use 15-minute cities to limit people's movement and trap them in open-air prisons. RASCOE: So what is this conspiracy theory exactly? Enright went over.ĮNRIGHT: And they were explaining all about this theory about 15-minute cities by which they meant you would only be able to travel 15 minutes from your home. He's been trying to make what are essentially bus lanes, and last year he was at this community meeting with some people he doesn't recognize.ĭUNCAN ENRIGHT: And at a certain point in the meeting, one of them stood up and said, what about 15-minute cities? And to be honest, first I'd ever heard of that phrase. To explain, we start in West Oxfordshire in the U.K. But, Ayesha, there are some key obstacles for 15-minute cities, and the first one is conspiracy theories. So it's in the early stages of working on infrastructure, more public transit, sidewalks, bike lanes. There may be buses, but they don't run so frequently. SIMON: Bibb's office immediately found there are lots of technical 15-minute cities in Cleveland, but the walk isn't so easy. RASCOE: So how is he putting this into place? When he came into office last year, he got to work on it. SIMON: He thought, I want more of this for Cleveland. ![]() I lived in a 15-minute city neighborhood at the time. SIMON: He thought of when he studied abroad in London and would walk to class and walk to restaurants.īIBB: I thought about my childhood. I'm like, oh, the dots are connecting for me now. ![]() SIMON: This is Justin Bibb, who is now the mayor of Cleveland.īIBB: I read up on it. JUSTIN BIBB: I saw a news article about this big phenomenon being created in Paris around the 15-minute city. Moreno started in Paris, but this idea of ecological 15-minute cities is spreading across the world. Cars are nearly 10% of global energy-related carbon dioxide pollution. RASCOE: And so is this a climate solution because it reduces cars? They're building parks, hundreds of miles of protected bike lanes. They're converting old military buildings, old parking structures into buildings with a mix of apartments, offices, businesses. My old, dense neighborhood was built more than a century ago, but Moreno's been helping the mayor of Paris foster these neighborhoods across the city. On the banks of the Seine in Paris, I met the person behind the idea.Ĭarlos Moreno is Franco-Colombian. SIMON: It's a city where you can get the key things in your life in a 15-minute walk, bike ride or transit ride from your home. Ayesha, what I experienced is a blueprint for a global climate solution called the 15-minute city. You kidding me? Another park?Īll in a 15-minute walk. OK, I just had to get a baguette while I'm here. I made it to a bookstore in three minutes, pharmacy in four minutes, the bakery in a little more than five minutes. In one minute, I made it to (speaking French), a preschool. So I am on my old Parisian street, a little cobblestone passage with vines covering the buildings.Īnd I tried an experiment with my stopwatch and see where I can go by foot in 15 minutes. SIMON: We start in the neighborhood where I used to live - in Paris. ![]() RASCOE: So I hear that you've got a story about a specific climate solution that's been spreading through cities around the world. To keep Climate Solutions Week rolling, I'm joined by Julia Simon, NPR's Climate Solutions reporter. Over the past week, NPR listeners have learned about all kinds of inspiring and innovative ways to address the climate crisis, from cargo ships running on wind power to cut down on emissions to women in the Himalayan foothills that are learning how to revive spring water. ![]()
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