EURO 2025 Leeds
Abstract Submission

1151. Applicability Analysis of the 15-Minute City Concept: Insights from Urban Mobility Perspective

Invited abstract in session WC-59: Urban Mobility I, stream Transportation.

Wednesday, 12:30-14:00
Room: Liberty 1.14

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Xuan Feng
College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University

Abstract

The concept of a 15-minute city proposes that residents should have access to all basic services within a short walking distance from their homes. To explore the current state of the 15-minute city’s implementation at the community level and identify potential improvements, this study takes City of Toronto as an empirical case, and incorporates road network-based isochrones into an improved two-step floating catchment area model to calculate the spatial distribution of accessibility. A geographically weighted regression (GWR) model is used to analyze the impact of road network structure and the number of facilities on accessibility. The analysis results indicate that current urban infrastructure cannot meet the travel demands of the 15-minute city, particularly for walking. In the case of other "X-minute cities," extending the travel time threshold is associated with improved accessibility in certain urban areas, but these benefits are limited to regions around service hubs, while accessibility in other areas tends to show a decrease in accessibility. The impact of road network development on accessibility is minimal, while increasing the number of service facilities can significantly enhance walking accessibility, and cycling

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Status: accepted


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