15 Minute Towns Animated

The useful part

The 15-Minute City has become one of the most influential ideas in contemporary urban planning. Popularised by urbanist Carlos Moreno, the concept is beautifully simple: cities should be designed so that people can reach the things they need for everyday life. within around 15 minutes of where they live, ideally on foot or by bicycle.

How it works

• Walking journeys follow real streets at an assumed speed of 5 km/h, while public transport journeys use observed weekday subway running times and waiting times.
• The map looks for the closest primary healthcare facility, subway station, food retailer, elementary school, park or green space, library, civic centre, sports facility and cultural venue.

Details worth keeping

shops, healthcare, schools, green spaces, culture and leisure. and beautifully visualises the answer as an animated pathfinding map. It does so using actual routes rather than simple distances.