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"Cars and Independence" (Art by Sylvia Odhner)
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What does any of that have to do with 15 minute cities?
Also, I guess I should ask before this gets too far... What do you think a 15 minute city is?
What do you think a ghetto is? A real ghetto?
I lived in Montreal for a decade, living near all the amenities I needed at a walking distance and I managed to do everything without owning a car. When I wanted to get out of town I rented one for the week-end.
I never felt locked in.
Most people, even here on fuckcars, don't actually hate cars. We just hate that society is built around them and to a large degree requires everyone to own one.
The whole point of the fuckcars movement is that we want public transit to be good enough that cars are not necessary. Yes, right now, in North America (with a few exceptions) you need a car, even if your city has public transit. And that's awful.
I'm not talking about the country. I'm talking about every city in Canada except Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. I live in a major municipality in Canada. There's a bus stop basically at the end of my driveway. But the bus comes every hour, doesn't run very late, and takes half an hour to go downtown. So if I miss a bus, I'm 90 minutes from reaching downtown. Or... I could walk, which takes 30 minutes, no matter when I plan to leave. Or I could drive which takes 5 minutes.
If public transit is slower than walking, it's not practical, and it's not a replacement for cars.
When I lived in Toronto, as bad as their system is compared to European systems, there was never any question. If it was close, walking was faster. If it was still in the city, transit was faster. Even though I had access to a car, driving was never a realistic option, because the other options were actually convenient.
Fuck cars being used as the prioritized mean of transportation above all else.