15 minutes from cities - the city on your doorstep (2023)

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I am a firm believer that trucks should be equipped with a mirror system or camera system so they can see their blind spots and we can prevent the tragic deaths of cyclists.

Trucks without either system should be banned in London!

There is a long-term shift from in-person shopping to online shopping. This has been going on for several years before the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to happen afterward.

In the last decades of the 20th century, many houses at the ends of the main streets were converted to shops.

We have to accept this change for the long term and convert the stores into apartments, both the stores that used to be houses and some other stores.

This would allow more people to live within 15 minutes of their local main street.

However, it would be much better to do this with proper supervision from the local planning department and building supervision to avoid creating the slums of the future.

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In Kentish Town and Tufnell Park we have a beautiful main street that can serve as a study for other neighbourhoods. It would be amazing to see a similar atmosphere and variety in other areas of London!

However, I'm not sure if it's realistic to be able to work from home in 15 minutes.

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This is another good initiative: 15 Minute Cities should include consultations with young people and older people. Your input helps structure this properly and ensures that everyone benefits.

Social value is key for ideas to be distributed evenly and effectively.

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To support local businesses, local authorities should make better use of the Social Values ​​Law. This would ensure that more money circulated in the local economy rather than money from Los Angeles commissions going to large multinational organizations (for example, local schools and libraries could buy books at local bookstores instead of directly from local bookstores). publishers or Amazon).

Trade rates also need urgent change. Retailers pay a disproportionate amount and that is unsustainable. More short-term relief is needed for retail and hospitality to weather the Covid storm. In the long run, interest rates need to be distributed more fairly across sectors. Department stores and distribution centers have to pay more and small high street shops have to pay less. The vacant property exemption also needs urgent review to discourage landlords from leaving their properties vacant.

I am strictly against any extension of development rights allowed. Although the high street must change in the future, it must be done with due consideration and an element of planning. Community groups and BIDs should be involved in decisions about real estate conversions.

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Do yourself a favor. Read the book "Economic Facts and Mistakes" and learn some of the lessons from it. Why am I saying this? Because you realized:
“London has over 600 main streets and 90% of Londoners live within 10 minutes of their main street. Even before the pandemic, some of our main streets were facing multiple challenges, including changing consumer demands and work patterns and diminishing resources from local authorities resulting in increased store vacancy and impacts. on convenience and investment".

If you talk to any number of people in a city of about 10 million people and lots of other tourists/travellers/shoppers/theater goers etc., you would unsurprisingly find thousands of different lifestyles, shopping patterns, abilities physical or disabilities, etc. London has perversely taken the view (partially detailed by yourself) to increase cycling and ban cars on the road and parking etc.

So let me give an unpopular opinion. My elderly parents, in their 60s, don't ride their bikes to do the weekly shopping. you will drive You will not park a mile from the theater to walk in the cold and rain; they prefer to drive. You won't spend 1 hour and 50 minutes on the bus to get through the city center because it's the same speed as walking, except it comes with the added disgust of being overcrowded, which in a pandemic is just thinking backwards. I know the zeitgeist of the London Liberal/Left group is very anti-car; But automobiles offer millions of people personal independence and freedom. Shopping with cars. Meeting friends, going out, going to sports fields, etc. Perhaps instead of being anti-car (which is anti-human in a broader sense), you can think about making the car the preferred option, easier to use and less pollution. reduce buses/taxis. Unsurprisingly, people will choose the path that is least disruptive to their lives, so think critically about it. And accept different points of view.

Pablo Bower

community member2 years ago

Here here!

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We need to move from the old model of a CO2 emitting mass transit vehicle to an office building in central London.

We must also align our business models with easily accessible and affordable jobs in local areas. This will help people working from home, which should become the new normal post-pandemic as a much more sustainable way of working, by giving people access to local jobs.

Combined with this, there must be a drastic reduction in penalty tax rates for businesses. People who work in the public sector don't seem to understand how damaging interest rates are. We are constantly told that main streets need to be revitalized but on the other hand, if you open a store on a main street, you have the huge costs of renting more retail and office space, then you are again hit with store fees: The impact on a small business is like walking up to a family and saying, "Pay your rent, thank you, now pay the same amount again."

Corporate tax rates are easy to raise as they can easily be portrayed as something that only happens to large companies that can afford it, but if you want a diverse mall of thriving local businesses rather than a monoculture of chain stores, then then we are. Right because you need to make business rates and rents affordable for small businesses

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I think two things can help. (1) More pedestrian zones, based on changes made in response to the pandemic. As I walk a lot for business and shopping, I find that London is still designed for cars and bikes, but pedestrians haven't gotten the attention they deserve.

(2) It is necessary to reform the corporate rate system. Governments use this to collect ever higher tax rates that most people are unaware of. I don't think the High Street can recover if it continues to be penalized by the current trading fee system.

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Our goals

Older Londoners need to feel safe when they want to travel

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There is evidence that older Londoners are concerned about safety when traveling on public transport, which they rely on rather than walking, cycling or driving. While social distancing exists, there are restrictions on the capacity of public transportation. Suspended free travel for people over 60 years of age. Financial restrictions for TfL may result in route closures or longer waiting times affecting essential travel such as hospital appointments.

This example is the result of the Positive Aging Conference in London:

how to get there

Increasing public confidence in traveling on public transport in London by communicating safety rules

End suspension of free rides for seniors 60 and older before 9 a.m.

Priority for seniors who need it at bus stops and metro station queues

For route changes or major changes in frequency, contact organizations for the elderly

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The West End is dying. It feels like a ghost town. Shops and attractions generate much of the tax revenue that goes into running many of London's essential services.

What is being done to help them? The current TfL TV spot makes no mention of public transport at all. Is London really open for business? I used to go to the West End to visit museums, art galleries etc, maybe do some shopping and have lunch. There was no way I wanted to walk or cycle all the way back to my house in Wandsworth afterwards. Many of my friends live much further away. Are we wanted in London? Where is the transport plan to encourage commuters to return to the West End and the city?

I think we have only a few months to save the West End economy. I do not see any urgency or strategy on the part of the City Council.

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Research shows that many older people lack the confidence to shop, eat and drink again, and are unsure of what to expect or safety considerations. This lack of confidence prevents them from contributing to economic recovery and maximizing the contribution of the 'silver economy' to London. Several immediate measures are required:

1. Better information on the risks to older people and how to mitigate them, and better communication of local information on Covid rates and any outbreaks.

2. Make sure safety measures are in place at all retail and catering establishments and widely communicated to seniors – make sure the use of face coverings is enforced

3. Post a London COVID Safe sign for establishments following COVID safety best practices

4. Work with bodies such as local Chambers of Commerce, Save the High Street and Federation of Small Businesses to ensure that COVID risk assessments take into account the needs of older people, e.g. waiting and sitting

5. Make sure seniors can use cash to make purchases when needed

6. Ensure that older people have adequate toilets on main streets

7. Guarantee the safety of public transport

8. Ensure that road changes include an assessment of the needs of the elderly and disabled

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“The London Recovery Board is planning for London's long-term recovery and, with the help of Talk London members, has in recent months identified a number of missions that would help make Londona fairer, greener, more open and more vibrant city than before." I guess that phrase means different things to different people or is it a bunch of fried air. How can this be true when the streets of London are closed, making it difficult for working people, the disabled and Londoners in general to enjoy the city? How can I appreciate walking on the edge of a traffic queue breathing in the exhaust fumes? How can I appreciate having to live in a city that is being reduced to polluted ghettos? Do you live within 15 minutes? If I wanted to, I would move to a small town, but being in one of the biggest cities in the world should be something else entirely. I find your decisions despicable and totally out of touch with the London way of life. Not all of us are fit young and rich at time.Many people have to use their cars and vans to do their work and carry loads.They cause an excessive amount of unnecessary pollution and make the lives of ordinary people be miserable. They take away free rides for children and the elderly and spend money to divide communities. You are far from creating onefairer, greener, more open and lively city;On the other hand.

also from London

community member2 years ago

Brother, have you never heard of the tube? The bus?

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calle 1m

community member2 years ago

It is now available. It's called the country.

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Some major roads (or parts of major roads) are too crowded with cars (stuck in traffic or speeding) with wide multi-lane roads, bus lanes, no trees, no handicap parking spaces, and narrow sidewalks. This plan must cover any parade of commercial businesses.

High rents and business fees, as well as polluted and unnatural environments mean that all the cheap chain stores or bars with high profit margins or shops that don't seem to sell anything at all (laundry?) seem to survive in some areas (survival ). of maximum profit stores) in an unsustainable way (economical or ecological).

Retail parks are not the answer. and should not be included. Locally owned commercial real estate rather than multinationals is more responsive to local needs and more sustainable in the long term, both economically and environmentally. Multinational commercial real estate owners seek guaranteed returns for shareholders, essentially taking money from the locality.

Commercial property ownership and maintenance laws would help diversify our main streets and give small business owners and locals an opportunity.

While much of London's architecture is impressive (we're lucky to still have so many unique old buildings), it often remains in disrepair due to a lack of understanding or interest in ancient building materials.

It is a pleasure to travel by bike or on foot. Especially if there are bike lanes. Sometimes I become more dependent on my car and I don't have the energy for it. And if I'm tired or have a problem with the bike, I can take it on the train. This does not work for the disabled and the elderly, so it is important that streets and car parks close to main roads are prioritized for these people.

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I am deeply concerned that TfL is intentionally penalizing road traffic, cynically organizing and exacerbating traffic jams to make driving so slow, expensive, stressful and uncomfortable that people are forced out of their cars.

I am a big fan of public transportation. There is not enough space for EVERYONE to have a car and use it anyway for every trip, especially in central and central London. REDUCE car use is a reasonable goal. That will already be practically impossible if the authorities insist on building more and more apartment blocks, increasing and increasing the population and population density everywhere on every piece of land, with no intention of increasing the money, the political will or the space to build. have more support. infrastructure (roads, metro lines, schools, hospitals, train routes) so logically every inch of public space is becoming more and more congested.

OK Crossrail will (ultimately) benefit capacity in ONE east-west corridor, but that corridor has already been packed with hundreds of apartment blocks before it opened, so it will be full from day one and will not serve the rest From london. .

The A406 through Enfield NEEDS tunnels. It is illusory to imagine that the traffic on this strategic route will ever decrease and the traffic jam will only get worse, and it is already one of the worst traffic jams in the country.

The policy/strategy sometimes seems to be: less exercise. stay in your homes Stay close to you. Narrow the horizon of your life. Don't go to the field. Do not drive to the surrounding cities and towns. Don't bother going to central London by public transport as it is too crowded. Stay at or near your home. The future sometimes seems like a world much less free to live in, much less choice as London fills up and everything is crowded.

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A few store jobs are not enough to build a sustainable local economy. Most people will still have to go to Zone 1 for work, friends, life. That is the point that made most people move to London in the first place. People don't move from abroad or other parts of the country to pay for the privilege of living in Greater London and then spend the whole day in Enfield Town or Whetstone or Pengeor Harrow. The whole model of London as a megacity is becoming unsustainable.

City center and city people who benefit from having the global, cosmopolitan and exciting conveniences of central London on their doorstep are fine, you can understand that they can be car free and just happy to walk Or cycle to Covent Garden or whatever.

But if your life is confined to a suburb, you cannot cycle or walk to the city centre, but some people suggest that people in Enfield or Bromley cannot have their cars to go to nearby towns and cities, towns in the border where there is practically no public transport and the distances are much longer?

Keep in mind that many people have only moved to the suburbs of Zone 4/5/6 because they have been pushed out of the inner realm where their friends, jobs, and lifestyles are. Overcrowded and neglected public transport and an obsession with cycling or walking isolates them from central London, but revenge against cars isolates them from the countryside across the border and locks them in their surroundings.

The suburbs outside of London would become stifling open prisons: you can't go into central London and you can't leave London either.

Edgware AND Enfield Town AND Croydon AND Streatham will never have enough high-paying college-level creative jobs. This is a ridiculous hoax. Most jobs (beyond general retail/catering jobs) will, by definition, be concentrated in one central area.

Don't get caught in our suburbs.