Discussion about the path towards 15 minute cities. Post examples and discuss about how to make this a reality!
From Wikipedia: The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk, bike ride, or public transit ride from any point in the city. This approach aims to reduce car dependency, promote healthy and sustainable living, and improve wellbeing and quality of life for city dwellers.
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My strong belief is this type of transport is what we really need to adopt en masse.
It can carry 2 adults or 1 adult and 2 kids, has enough boot space to do your shopping, and protects you from the elements (which is the #1 issue with bicycles).
If there was a way these could be mass produced so they are cheap enough for people to justify.. that would be a game changer.
The concept is good. A DIY alternative would be to build a foam+fiberglass shell around an e-trike for most of the same benefits.
Here in Germany you can buy slightly larger electric micro cars, with a speed limit of 45km/h and 60+km range for a 6000€ or so. There are even a good number of different manufacturers to choose from, althou they are all Chinese.
I prefer a bus over this. I can get on the bus in front of my house, leave it somewhere, go shopping/to work and enter the bus at the end of my shopping tour, while with this, I would still have to walk back to where my thingy is, carrying what I have bought and thingy would take space up while parking in the city, while the bus is constantly moving. If we talk about the 15 Minute City (which I already life in, with a bus every 5-10 Minutes) , something like this is overkill for most people and too small/not suited for professional delivery. Currently I pay 49 Euro/month for the bus and other public transport and this is 6.000 - 10.000 Euros.
One issue with these kinds of bicycles is that many designated bicycle lanes are obstructed by poles or similar to avoid mopeds and cars driving there in the first place.
