(2019-08-22) Welcome To The 15-minute Neighborhood: Intensification Key To City's Official Plan

Welcome to the 15-minute neighborhood: Intensification key to city's official plan. Ottawa's revised official plan aims to create a community of "15-minute neighbourhoods" that will transform the capital into North America's most liveable mid-sized city while planning for a population that will eventually double or even triple. (15-minute city)

hard-focused on urban intensification instead of sprawl, creating residential hubs where people can get to most of their daily destinations — schools, grocery stores, public transit, parks and libraries — within a 15-minute walk from their homes.

To achieve its ambition, the city is aiming to have residents make significantly more than 50 per cent of their trips by foot, bicycle, public transit or by carpooling

intensification can come with certain pitfalls.

Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper said he doesn't want to see an abrupt rise in high-density infills overnight. (NIMBY)