Dear colleagues,

Carlos Moreno, the professor behind the '15 Minute City' urban planning concept, is struggling with conspiracy theories, online harassments and death threatshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/technology/carlos-moreno-15-minute-cities-conspiracy-theories.html. We also see this Although we acknowledge that any transition goes hand in hand with tension and fierce debates, we want to draw a clear red line. For that reason, we created an online petition.

By signing this petition, you (1) voice your support for professor Carlos Moreno, (2) condemn anybody who threatens or attacks him or any other academic, and (3) express your support for a democratic, respectful debate around the 15-minute city concept.

Please consider signing it with your credentials and share it in your networks.

Here is the link (the e-mail to verify you signature might take some time): https://change.org/carlosmoreno

regards Marco

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Prof. Dr. Marco te Brömmelstroet

University of Amsterdam

Books: Movementhttps://www.waterstones.com/book/movement/thalia-verkade/marco-te-broemmelstroet/9781911344971 [EN] | Recht van de Snelstehttp://corr.es/snelste [NL]

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Selected academic publications [Open Access]:

Have a good trip: Expanding our concepts of the quality of everyday travelling with Flow Theory [linkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23800127.2021.1912947]

Traveling together alone and alone together: mobility and potential exposure to diversity [linkhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23800127.2017.1283122]

Scaling up cycling or replacing driving: triggers and trajectories of bike-train uptake [linkhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11116-021-10165-9]

Professor in Urban Mobility Futures

Academic Director of the Lab of Thoughthttps://thelabofthought.co

Chairman of the Board of the Urban Cycling Institutehttp://www.urbancyclinginstitute.com/

Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/fietsprofessor | Facebookhttps://www.fb.com/fietsprofessor | Bloghttp://www.dutchcyclingacademy.com/ | Publicationshttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Broemmelstroet

Work days: Monday, Thursday, Friday

Visiting address: Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, Room C 4.15

Postal address: PO Box 15629, 1001 NC Amsterdam