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Urban Truth Collective: The One-Hour City Conspiracy
Here's the real conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, more crashes, more noise, more air pollution, more social isolation — and less space for everything good our streets should be giving us.
April 27, 2026
How a ‘Universal Basic Neighborhood’ Can Help Americans Live Longer
Want to increase your chances of living to 80? A new paper argues we need to start with our neighborhoods — and we need to do it for everybody.
March 23, 2026
Revitalizing Cities With Small-Scale Manufacturing
One Rust Belt city is pursuing an innovative strategy to attract economic development and enhance urban livability.
Jack Guan
September 25, 2025
How Many Americans Live in Walkable Neighborhoods?
...and how does your community measure up?
Mike McGinn
September 17, 2025
Opinion: It’s Time to Update the 15-Minute City
Putting everything we need close by is a great idea — but efficient travel is not as important as social interactions.
Paul Kalbfleisch
August 13, 2024
Want a Better 15-Minute City? Ask Residents What They Really Want
A new study from Bogotá models how other cities can ask a deeper set of questions about how to put essential needs within walking, biking or transit distance.
March 18, 2024
Where Have All the Three-Bedrooms in Walkable Neighborhoods Gone?
Growing families are struggling to find homes that meet their needs — especially in people-centered places.
The post Where Have All the Three-Bedrooms in Walkable Neighborhoods Gone? appeared first on Streetsblog USA.
Barry Greene
July 25, 2023
The Walkable Neighborhoods Americans Want May Be Closer Than We Think
Walkable neighborhoods are a rare and valuable commodity in the U.S. housing market. But millions of places could be closer to the 15 Minute City ideal than we realize, a new study argued — if we made the modest policy changes they need to thrive.
The post The Walkable Neighborhoods Americans Want May Be Closer Than We Think appeared first on Streetsblog USA.
July 5, 2023
Dear 15-Minute Conspiracy Theorists: You Already Live in a Conspiracy (Against You!)
Right-wing conspiracy theorists have seized on the 15-minute city, where every resident can — gasp — safely and conveniently meet their basic needs without supporting a constellation of automotive interests along the way. Here's why they're wrong.
March 6, 2023
