THE CONCEPT OF the 15-minute city—that anyone living in an urban environment should be able to fulfill all daily needs within a 15-minute walk or cycle ride—was first mooted in 2015 by Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian professor of urban planning at Paris’ Sorbonne University. Cutting unnecessary commutes, said Moreno, would mean longer days, healthier citizens and neighborhoods with a better mix of homes, businesses, shops, childcare facilities, arts venues and leisure amenities. At the same time, less traffic pollution would help mitigate the climate crisis. Post-pandemic, with many people working from home, many buildings being repurposed, and many transit systems being reconfigured, enthusiasm for the 15-minute city is growing.
In fact, nearly 100 city mayors have embraced the concept, seeing mixed-use districts as a way of helping businesses rebound from lockdowns, and the greening of city centers as a way of tackling the longer-term challenges of our warming planet. In Paris, for instance, the highway choking the Right Bank has become a new park, while there are promises to turn the Champs-Élysées into a pastoral idyll in time for the 2024 Olympics.
Yet there are hundreds of projects implementing the concept’s principles in various stages of development all over the world. Here are four of the more interesting ones.
Raising the Bar
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Around the World in 80 Ways - Oneworld releases an Al-powered travel service for extended international voyages
A new generative artificial intelligence (AI) travel agent will leverage Google Cloud to help ambitious travelers easily book international trips with Oneworld member airlines. The alliance’s Round the World fares allow passengers to book up to 16 flights between at least three continents on a globe-spanning trip that lands back home up to a year later.
Fast Company - In a partnership with SpaceX, United is rolling out revolutionary high-speed Wi-Fi on all its flights
United has become the first major U.S. airline to announce a groundbreaking partnership with SpaceX to equip more than 1,000 aircraft with Starlink WiFi. Passengers will soon enjoy high-speed, lowlatency Internet service, enabling seamless gate-to-gate connectivity across domestic and international flights.
Special Sauce - Celebrated chef and entrepreneur Giada De Laurentiis shares her Italian heritage through her television shows, restaurants, cruise partnerships and an exclusive line of curated products
Celebrated chef and entrepreneur Giada De Laurentiis shares her Italian heritage through her television shows, restaurants, cruise partnerships and an exclusive line of curated products
The Censoring of Social Media? - Why legislatures continually try to regulate freedom of expression, and what the courts are doing about it
There seems to be bipartisan agreement that everything from teen suicide rates to poor mental health and more is due to social media. The obvious solution, they believe, is to impose government oversight on how such services can be provided. Congress is considering sweeping social media legislation and a number of states have already enacted such laws.
Golden Age
Porsche celebrates a half-century of its 911 Turbo with a limited-editon model
The Season's Best Underseat Carry-Ons
Bags that make the most of your space while providing carefree convenience
Crystal Palace
Baccarat offers sparkling cocktails in Midtown Manhattan
East Meets West
Chef Cyril Lignac fuses French and Japanese cuisine in the heart of London
Bigger.Better.
American Express relocated and improved its Centurion Lounge at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to address issues with overcrowding and enhance the customer experience
High Style
A nonstop journey from Singapore to Los Angeles in Business Class