Sheffield Becoming A 15 Minute City

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On 13/08/2023 at 22:34, top4718 said:

Waverley was mentioned on here as an example of how this crazy idea can work, it's one of the most soulless places I can think, imagine that being your 15 minute zone, mental health will be through the roof.

Waverley, is bloody awful.

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10 hours ago, ads36 said:

Waverley, is bloody awful.

Well,  That makes a nice change.   Everybody on the Forum agrees and thinks Waverley's crap.   Can't all be wrong.

Perhaps 15 minutes means that's how long it'll be before you want to leave again.

 

[melthebell]

Interesting video about 15 minute cities from Novara media just come out, about why its not the conspiracy its made out, it includes the death threats and abuse people are getting because of the conspiracy theory

 

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I confidently predict that 15 minute cities will not happen until long after HS2 is completed.

[Findlay]

Do you think that if Labour get in power they will rename Waverley back to the Conservative eradicated Orgreave.

[Bargepole23]

On 15/08/2023 at 09:58, ads36 said:

Waverley, is bloody awful.

But still growing...

 

https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/appliance-specialist-to-launch-new-superstore

 

[Bargepole23]

 

 

[ads36]

well, exactly.

 

people have been living there for a decade, and we're still talking about 'plans' to build shops/etc.

 

you could argue that Whitby's Fish-n-Chips restaurant counts as a local amenity (it's good!). If you live in ... say ... Mayfield Avenue, Whitby's is only 100m away, but the walkable route is 10times that. Walking has been quite effectively 'designed out' of the estate - many of the roads don't even have pavements.

 

The local school is already over-subscribed, how the hell did that happen?! - this should be a perfect opportunity to build a good school, with sufficient capacity to ensure that local kids can get in, and don't have to be driven miles each day. It's a near-total fail.

 

someone made these decisions, and they got paid for it. 

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2 hours ago, ads36 said:

well, exactly.

 

people have been living there for a decade, and we're still talking about 'plans' to build shops/etc.

 

you could argue that Whitby's Fish-n-Chips restaurant counts as a local amenity (it's good!). If you live in ... say ... Mayfield Avenue, Whitby's is only 100m away, but the walkable route is 10times that. Walking has been quite effectively 'designed out' of the estate - many of the roads don't even have pavements.

 

The local school is already over-subscribed, how the hell did that happen?! - this should be a perfect opportunity to build a good school, with sufficient capacity to ensure that local kids can get in, and don't have to be driven miles each day. It's a near-total fail.

 

someone made these decisions, and they got paid for it. 

Firstly Waverley is in Rotherham so why are we discussing it here?

 

Regarding the shops etc, these get built by the private sector. All the council can do is make sure there is a suitable location for them. Same thing happened on the Mosborough “Townships”. For many years there wasn’t much in the way of shops or recreational facilities.

 

Re the lack of pavements, some roads are shared surfaces but there are segregated footpaths around the estate, so you don’t necessarily need footways on the main feeder roads. Same arrangement is used in the Mosborough Townships. It has pluses and minuses.