Cities around the world have experienced a radical transformation over the last century, as a result of prioritising the needs of cars over people. Urban sprawl has led to our lives becoming increasingly fragmented, with essential services dispersed over vast distances. This means that citizens still rely on private modes of transport to navigate the city which harms our health, wellbeing, and environment.
We propose to turn this approach on its head by concentrating instead on the needs of people. This could be achieved by recalibrating the current hierarchy of movement, transforming major transport arteries and using the principles of the 15-minute city to enable a shift in how people live and move around the city.
We propose an alternative city model, one based on access, not mobility, and one based on people, not cars. This will seek to reverse the damage caused to our cities over the last century and propose an exciting vision of the future.
