Can all or part of the ATL be considered a 15 minute city?

[Tarzanman]

Originally Posted by rrampage

At this point, why would you NOT take into account those services? Those types of services make it much easier to function vehicle-free.

Because by that definition, even BFE, MO would be considered a 15 minute city despite having little in the way of commercial development or infrastructure.

My understanding of the underlying concept of a "15-minute city" is a shorthand for characterizing the level of commercial development and density of a town/city/village. Also... if you need to wait a day or two for something to be delivered then that would be a 24 or 48 hour city per the given definition.

In my opinion, almost all of Atlanta save for a few small stretches between Buckhead and Midtown fail to meet the criterion of a 15 minute city.... its just not very dense in most parts of the metro.

Living on campus at Georgia Tech would probably fit the bill the best out of anywhere in Atlanta... you have car dealerships, furniture stores, department stores, restaurants, movie theaters, supermarkets, doctors offices, hardware stores, climbing gyms, mass transit stations, educational institutions from K-Ph.D, sports arenas, museums, large parks, broadcast stations, temples, mosques & churches, and a whole litany of social and cultural groups within a 15 minute walk of the campus (or within campus itself).

College campuses are designed this way on purpose because most students do not have access to cars and many live far away from their familial support systems.

[norman_w]

A tornado happened 100 miles away and it was still considered Atlanta.

[waronxmas]

ITP, pretty yes except for most of Buckhead. Now, this isn't a great 15 minutes and swings wildly from neighborhood to neighborhood. The tops would be Midtown, O4W, Virginia-Highland, Decatur proper, Grant Park, and a bunch of other up and coming ones. The three I would pay close attention to in the next decade is Downtown Atlanta, the West End, and downtown Chamblee. We're finally starting to see the kind of development other neighborhoods have been getting for years Downtown, the Beltline will do to the West End what it did to O4W, and Downtown Chamblee has been making real strides in density and building it's only mini version of the Beltline called the Rail Trail.

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by DoubleZ OTP

This sentiment belongs on r/collapse, not on the City Data Atlanta forum.

Ugh, that sub is the worst. lol

[rrampage]

Originally Posted by Tarzanman

Because by that definition, even BFE, MO would be considered a 15 minute city despite having little in the way of commercial development or infrastructure.

My understanding of the underlying concept of a "15-minute city" is a shorthand for characterizing the level of commercial development and density of a town/city/village. Also... if you need to wait a day or two for something to be delivered then that would be a 24 or 48 hour city per the given definition.

In my opinion, almost all of Atlanta save for a few small stretches between Buckhead and Midtown fail to meet the criterion of a 15 minute city.... its just not very dense in most parts of the metro.

Living on campus at Georgia Tech would probably fit the bill the best out of anywhere in Atlanta... you have car dealerships, furniture stores, department stores, restaurants, movie theaters, supermarkets, doctors offices, hardware stores, climbing gyms, mass transit stations, educational institutions from K-Ph.D, sports arenas, museums, large parks, broadcast stations, temples, mosques & churches, and a whole litany of social and cultural groups within a 15 minute walk of the campus (or within campus itself).

College campuses are designed this way on purpose because most students do not have access to cars and many live far away from their familial support systems.

But what difference does it make, in practical terms? If you can function without a vehicle, you can function without a vehicle. I don't put any strict guidelines in place for the "15 minute city". When considering this, MANY areas of metro Atlanta fit the "15 minute city" bill. I don't think we should be so closed minded about this.

And I'd add that, usually, public transit is the only real missing piece in some places. Though, it wouldn't be completely impossible to get around that.