How the idea of 15-minute cities became controversial

This Matters

09-03-2023 • 24 mins

Guest: Alex Boyd, staff reporter

The 15-minute city has long been an urban planning ideal, where people lived close to everything they need. It has recently become twisted by those who feel it might be something that could lead to the next lockdown, sparking protests online and in cities across the world, including in Canada. How did a seemingly benign planning theory become so controversial?

This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources: CityNews, @T_seaward on Twitter and @andrewknack on TikTok.

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