Some skeptics believe “15-minute cities”—an urban planning idea designed to reduce traffic and increase walking and cycling—will be the catalyst that will take your car away from you.
- In April protesters held a demonstration against Mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to charge people if they drove older, more polluting cars anywhere in the Greater London area.
- Almost a third of people who took part in a recent poll by King’s College London and the BBC said it was either “definitely” or “probably” true that “15-minute city plans are a government attempt to surveil people and restrict freedoms.”
What do you think? Are “15-minute cities” no more than the start of the government taking your car away from you?
I’ll leave you with one commenter’s opinion on the matter:
2020: “Anyone claiming there will be a vaccine passport is a conspiracy theorist and their dangerous misinformation must be stopped.”
2021: “Anyone opposed to a vaccine passport is a conspiracy theorist and their dangerous misinformation must be stopped.”
2023: “Anyone claiming there will be climate lockdowns is a conspiracy theorist and their dangerous misinformation must be stopped.”