City residents are happier living in a walkable neighborhood, reports a study published in the latest Journal of the American Planning Association.
plan promoting cycling and car-free zones in Barcelona on November 14, 2020. Based on pre-pandemic surveys in Dublin, Ireland, researchers found that a “significant number of people are happier if they live in attractive, walkable places that enable social connections and trust in others.
held on February 18, 2023 in Oxford, England. The concept of 15-minute cities suggest that all services , amenities, work and leisure are accessible a 15-20 minute walk or cycle from a person's front door. Project lead Kevin Leyden, a professor of political science and public policy at the University of Galway, told Forbes.com that the often fractious current debate over “low traffic neighborhoods” and 15-minute cities could be calmed by using terminology such as “walkable neighborhoods.
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