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15 minute cities – the city on your doorstep
London has more than 600 high streets and 90% of Londoners live within 10 minutes of their high street. Even before the pandemic, some of our high streets faced several challenges including changes in consumer demands and work patterns and dwindling local authority resources which resulted in increased shop vacancies and impacts on attractiveness and investment. Lockdown has highlighted the need for local neighbourhoods with a diverse range of local businesses and services, as well as increased space for pedestrians. There is an opportunity for us to rethink the way we live and move around the city. The 15 minute city concept invites us to imagine thriving local areas with easily accessible jobs and services; better street space and active travel; and greener more resilient communities. Read more about the context for this mission.
Mission: “Thriving, inclusive and resilient high streets and town centres in every London borough with culture, diverse retail and jobs within walking distance of all Londoners.”
We’ll need to work together to:
- Short term – enhanced high streets that are greener and more accessible to cyclists, and to support local civic and cultural organisations
- Medium term - reduce tax and financial burden on businesses already struggling to enable high streets and town centres to thrive
- Long term – in every London borough resident’s daily needs can be met within a short walk or cycle ride
Areas of focus might include:
- Road reallocations to support a shift to walking and cycling
- Piloting high street innovation zones including culture hubs and night-time enterprise zones
Is there anything critical to London’s recovery missing from this mission? What does this mean for you personally and your community? What actions or interventions would have the most impact? How will we know that we’ve succeeded? Who has a role to play to meet this challenge?
The discussion ran from 07 August 2020 - 07 November 2020
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London’s recovery from COVID-19 – what you told us so far
HappenedJuly 2020: Mission Refinement Stakeholder Workshop
HappenedAugust 2020: Mission Refinement Stakeholder Survey
HappenedAugust 2020: targeted community conversations
HappenedHow your feedback has started to shape London’s road to recovery
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HappenedStakeholder Workshop - Retrofitting London’s Domestic Housing
HappenedStakeholder Workshop - Zero Emission Zones
HappenedJanuary 2021: Stakeholder Workshop - Enhancing Green Spaces and Climate Resilience
HappenedNew standards for Low Emissions Zone for heavy vehicles
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Community Member 5 years agoThe immediate priority should be the implementation of the London cycling campaign #Climatesafestreets report. https://www.lcc.org.uk/articles/climate-safe-streets-report-launch#:~:t…...
Show full commentThe immediate priority should be the implementation of the London cycling campaign #Climatesafestreets report. https://www.lcc.org.uk/articles/climate-safe-streets-report-launch#:~:t…
People who walk, use wheelchairs or mobility vehicles or scoot and cycle in their communities spend their money locally, not in super large retailers, such as in their local groceries and markets.
This mission is both crucial to our towns short term economic recovery and it's longer term survival. London already has illegally toxic air, and the vast majority of people do not feel they can safely cycle on our roads. A "car led recovery" is a recipe for heightened road danger, constrained local economies, further illegal air pollution levels and of course a worsening of the wider climate crisis.
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Community Member 5 years agoAbsolutely agree - we need to use this opportunity to reduce car use and community space taken up by cars and not allow the opposite
Show full commentAbsolutely agree - we need to use this opportunity to reduce car use and community space taken up by cars and not allow the opposite
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Community Member 5 years agoNeither national nor local government seem to be taking this seriously or to be getting to grips with it.
People need to fight harder for these essential shifts if humanity is to survive.
Show full commentNeither national nor local government seem to be taking this seriously or to be getting to grips with it.
People need to fight harder for these essential shifts if humanity is to survive.
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