Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances?
Policies such as the 15 Minute City seek to reduce car use by ensuring the spatial concentration and proximity of everyday activities. This paper examines how proximity to nearby services in Barcelona affects car use and analyzes whether proximity to everyday destinations affects modal choice and ca...
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| author | Marta-Beatriz Fernández Núñez Monika Maciejewska Laia Mojica Oriol Marquet |
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| description | Policies such as the 15 Minute City seek to reduce car use by ensuring the spatial concentration and proximity of everyday activities. This paper examines how proximity to nearby services in Barcelona affects car use and analyzes whether proximity to everyday destinations affects modal choice and car trip durations differently. By matching self-reported travel behavior data and a series of GIS-based minimum walking travel times to 25 distinct everyday destinations, we are able to assess the links between proximity availability and actual car use. Our findings indicate that closer everyday destinations influence car usage by reducing the frequency of car-based modal choices, though they do not alter travel distances for those who continue to use cars. This study contributes to evidencing the effect of the 15 Minute City's premise regarding car usage reduction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb1a522ddb754093a6f894ea1364660d2025-08-20T02:49:25ZengElsevierJournal of Urban Mobility2667-09172024-12-01610009310.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100093Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances?Marta-Beatriz Fernández Núñez0Monika Maciejewska1Laia Mojica2Oriol Marquet3Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain; Corresponding author.Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA‐UAB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, SpainPolicies such as the 15 Minute City seek to reduce car use by ensuring the spatial concentration and proximity of everyday activities. This paper examines how proximity to nearby services in Barcelona affects car use and analyzes whether proximity to everyday destinations affects modal choice and car trip durations differently. By matching self-reported travel behavior data and a series of GIS-based minimum walking travel times to 25 distinct everyday destinations, we are able to assess the links between proximity availability and actual car use. Our findings indicate that closer everyday destinations influence car usage by reducing the frequency of car-based modal choices, though they do not alter travel distances for those who continue to use cars. This study contributes to evidencing the effect of the 15 Minute City's premise regarding car usage reduction.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266709172400023215 Minute CityCar useProximityBuilt environmentCar travel time |
| spellingShingle | Marta-Beatriz Fernández Núñez Monika Maciejewska Laia Mojica Oriol Marquet Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances? Journal of Urban Mobility 15 Minute City Car use Proximity Built environment Car travel time |
| title | Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances? |
| title_full | Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances? |
| title_fullStr | Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances? |
| title_short | Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances? |
| title_sort | car use reduction in 15 minute cities a matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances |
| topic | 15 Minute City Car use Proximity Built environment Car travel time |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091724000232 |
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