Looking for consortium: The 15-Minute City and Sustainable Travel: Does Urban Form Matter?

Does the 15-Minute City Change How We Travel?

We offer expertise in Built Environment–Travel Behaviour (BE-TB) analysis to investigate whether and how the 15-minute city contributes to more sustainable travel behaviour. Using Stockholm as a case study, the project will examine relationships between urban form, accessibility, individual attitudes and preferences, and travel behaviour - for instance as an input to a digital twin. Partner is Div. of Urban and Regional Studies, KTH, Stockholm.

The research combines perspectives from sociology and social psychology with questionnaire-based research, GIS-based spatial analysis, and regression analysis. This enables an integrated analysis of how both the built environment and individual characteristics influence walking, cycling, public transport use, and other travel choices - for instance as an input to a digital twin.

Our contribution could complement research on human-centred urban mobility by providing empirical evidence on the behavioural effects of 15-minute city environments. The aim is to identify the conditions under which urban form and accessibility can support more sustainable travel behaviour and contribute to more liveable 15-minute cities.