No, Oxford Isn’t Building “Stalinist” 15-Minute Cities
15-minute cities do not imprison residents - but the misinformation around them has led to actual death threats.
As you can see imagine, when I saw this headline I had no choice but to get stuck in!
We’ll return to the reporting in a bit, but let’s start with an explainer.
What is a 15-minute City?
The phrase was coined by the urban planner Carlos Moreno, a professor at Sorbonne University, in 2016. But the idea is as old as civilisation …
