The door of Northfield Shopping Centre is just thirty metres from the grass of Victoria Common. Thanks to the foresight of the Cadbury brothers, the shopping centre connects with most of Bournville via parks and paths that make active travel pleasant. But as you can see, there is a convenient car park just off a main road should driving me the best option, perhaps to buy something large. Sadly such options are unavailable to most people, with large areas of land dedicated to the most spatially inefficient form of transport, namely private cars. The fifteen minute city concept is simply an alternative to people having to drive long distances to go about their daily lives.
