Claim: 15 minute neighbourhoods involve staying within 15 minutes of your home and the restriction of free movement and being monitored by surveillance cameras. They are being trialled in several places in the UK.
Fact-check: Viral 15 minute neighbourhoods leaflet is misleading - Full Fact
Verdict: 15 minute cities are an urban planning concept designed to give people access to key services within a 15 minute walk or cycle. it does not limit free movement. this has been conflated with a trial traffic scheme in oxford that will limit how often people can drive down several key roads using cameras and fines, which has proved controversial.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2023-08-16T00:00:00