The 15 Minute Town

[G3CWI]

In an email to me a local Councillor said that on a bike you could probably get most places in Macclesfield in 15 minutes. This prompted me to come up with the concept of "The 15 Minute Town". I made a short video cycling across the town in two directions, the idea being to show people how far you can get in 15 minutes on a bike and also to hang onto the video, some messages about infrastructure development.

The video is very rough and ready but was super easy to make. I launched it yesterday and it has had a huge response locally on local Facebook Groups. People have been surprised at the distance that you can cover on a bike in 15 minutes. Within hours, the local press were in touch. Here is the press report. I would encourage you to make and share your own "15 Minute Town" videos and see what response they get. Maybe post them here too for us to see..


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hRLtdOMmB8

PS: the journalist described me as a "cycling enthusiast" in his first draft. I put him right on that one...

 

[annedonnelly]

I was at an event recently - possibly the local cycling group's AGM - & one of the speakers talked about the Fifteen Minute City. It's a great idea - it was walking as well as cycling. And if it's included in planning for communities it encourages all sorts of services to be available in a community, so people don't have to travel miles to shop, visit the library, gym, etc.

 

[Fab Foodie]

In an email to me a local Councillor said that on a bike you could probably get most places in Macclesfield in 15 minutes. This prompted me to come up with the concept of "The 15 Minute Town". I made a short video cycling across the town in two directions, the idea being to show people how far you can get in 15 minutes on a bike and also to hang onto the video, some messages about infrastructure development.

The video is very rough and ready but was super easy to make. I launched it yesterday and it has had a huge response locally on local Facebook Groups. People have been surprised at the distance that you can cover on a bike in 15 minutes. Within hours, the local press were in touch. Here is the press report. I would encourage you to make and share your own "15 Minute Town" videos and see what response they get. Maybe post them here too for us to see..


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hRLtdOMmB8

Well done! Great initiative.

 

[weareHKR]

Brilliant, hope you have posted this on Twitter & use these tags...
#cycling #cyclinglife #bike #mtb #cyclingphotos #bikelife #roadbike #ciclismo #cyclist #bicycle #roadcycling #mountainbike #instacycling #mtblife #cyclingshots #cyclingpics #fitness #cycle #strava #triathlon #outsideisfree #bikeporn #ride #fromwhereiride #sport #bicicleta #bikes #running #training #bhfyp

 

[steveindenmark]

I really like this idea and would be interested to see other towns. But it would be interesting to know the time difference
on a non electric bike.

Is it a GoPro.

 

[G3CWI]

Brilliant, hope you have posted this on Twitter & use these tags...
#cycling #cyclinglife #bike #mtb #cyclingphotos #bikelife #roadbike #ciclismo #cyclist #bicycle #roadcycling #mountainbike #instacycling #mtblife #cyclingshots #cyclingpics #fitness #cycle #strava #triathlon #outsideisfree #bikeporn #ride #fromwhereiride #sport #bicicleta #bikes #running #training #bhfyp

I have done some promo but please do some Tweeting if you think that it is a good idea. The response here has been excellent!

 

[G3CWI]

I really like this idea and would be interested to see other towns. But it would be interesting to know the time difference
on a non electric bike.

Is it a GoPro.

GoPro for this one. Other than one hill in the video, a normal bike would be just the same. Buxton Road is a hill.

 

[weareHKR]

I have done some promo but please do some Tweeting if you think that it is a good idea. The response here has been excellent!

I definitely will do if I have your permission?

 

[G3CWI]

I definitely will do if I have your permission?

Of course!

 

[alicat]

I love that video; you sound passionate about how easy it is to cycle across your town and what needs to be done to improve it.

 

[Ajax Bay]

First class. Bravo!

 

[mjr]

There's an existing effort for 20-minute neighbourhoods which is more inclusive. Could this become part of that with minor edits?

 

[Ajax Bay]

Do you mean this?
https://www.tcpa.org.uk/the-20-minute-neighbourhood

 

[Drago]

Good effort!

 

[mjr]

Do you mean this?
https://www.tcpa.org.uk/the-20-minute-neighbourhood

I dug into my browser history and that looks like the same thing I first saw as https://theconversation.com/encoura...ere-are-three-tried-and-tested-methods-147490