This: "You can’t build a 15-minute walking city on a post-war grid."
should be "You can’t build a 15-minute walking city on an AMERICAN post-war grid."
In Rome and Italy in general, for example, most neighborhoods built from scratch from 1945 to the late 1970s would be great 15 minute (walking) cities if roadside parking were forbidden to make room for bikes and public buses. It's the areas urbanized after the 1980s that are designed for cars.
This: "You can’t build a 15-minute walking city on a post-war grid."
should be "You can’t build a 15-minute walking city on an AMERICAN post-war grid."
In Rome and Italy in general, for example, most neighborhoods built from scratch from 1945 to the late 1970s would be great 15 minute (walking) cities if roadside parking were forbidden to make room for bikes and public buses. It's the areas urbanized after the 1980s that are designed for cars.