{"id":166968,"date":"2021-01-30T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/15-minute-cities-dont-just-improve-mobility-theyre-better-for-equality\/"},"modified":"2021-01-30T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T14:00:21","slug":"15-minute-cities-dont-just-improve-mobility-theyre-better-for-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/15-minute-cities-dont-just-improve-mobility-theyre-better-for-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"#15-minute cities\u2019 don\u2019t just improve mobility \u2014 they\u2019re better for equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28a124cc1b4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28a124cc1b4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/15-minute-cities-dont-just-improve-mobility-theyre-better-for-equality\/#Understanding_everyday_life_is_the_key_to_unlocking_sustainable_transport\" >Understanding everyday life is the key to unlocking sustainable transport<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/15-minute-cities-dont-just-improve-mobility-theyre-better-for-equality\/#Designing_for_women_Converting_%E2%80%98nice-to-have_to_%E2%80%98must-haves\" >Designing for women: Converting \u2018nice-to-have\u2019 to \u2018must-haves\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#15-minute cities\u2019 don\u2019t just improve mobility \u2014 they\u2019re better for equality<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                                It is obvious as this Covid-19 pandemic wears on that transport is being repositioned \u2013 both in our minds and our lives. Changeable <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> restrictions and new virus strains are reshaping our mobility psychology. Despite the rollout of viable vaccines, any \u2018return to normal\u2019 for the foreseeable future will involve more work from home, more time spent locally, less <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>izing outside the household, and fewer trips for work and pleasure. In short, excepting those for whom commuting is not a choice, the future of urban mobility is clearly going somewhere; smaller.<\/p>\n<p>A silver lining in this is that transport planners and journalists are now\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmobilitycompany.com\/content\/daily\/three-mobility-and-smart-cities-predictions-for-2021\">writing enthusiastically about \u201915-minute cities\u2019<\/a>, where people can live more fully and sustainably, close to home. This solution is exciting and necessary for many reasons. Yet experience shows that turning this vision of sustainable local life into a reality is not so easy \u2013 particularly in cities largely designed for cars. The complex machinery of land use and transport policy is hard to rewire.<\/p>\n<p>Meaningful change requires new kinds of cooperation and engagement and, let\u2019s face it, a certain rebalancing of economic, social, and environmental priorities. Now, more than ever, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a roadmap for this recalibration. Yet for many reasons, we see transport and planning professionals struggle to translate the SDGs into specific, community-based change. Despite the \u2018disruption\u2019 and sex <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal of new mobility and Mobility as a Service, these tech-driven innovations are not getting to the heart of the issue.\u00a0So, how\u00a0<em>do\u00a0<\/em>we bridge this gap between aspiration and real sustainable local living?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_everyday_life_is_the_key_to_unlocking_sustainable_transport\"><\/span>Understanding everyday life is the key to unlocking sustainable transport<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Transport Infrastructure Ireland, one of Ireland\u2019s key national transport agencies, recently issued a brave and useful answer \u2013 study women\u2019s travel needs. Why? Because historically women have lived and moved more locally, especially if they have children. This is because gender is the single biggest organizing feature worldwide, and a major factor in travel behavior (see<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itf-oecd.org\/itf-work-gender-transport\">ITF work on Gender in Transport | ITF (itf-oecd.org)<\/a>). Women do the large majority of local trips for the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmobilitycompany.com\/content\/daily\/the-real-reason-why-mobility-is-not-women-friendly\">purposes of caring for and educating others<\/a>. They play a profound role in shaping intergenerational mobility choices. Their mobility needs \u2013 often centered around local safety, health , and community facilities \u2013 and travel with dependants provide us with a roadmap to real and functioning 15-minute cities.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland<\/span>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tii.ie\/technical-services\/research\/TII-Travelling-in-a-Womans-Shoes-Report_Issue.pdf\">The research study<\/a>\u00a0<em>Travelling in a Woman\u2019s Shoes: Understanding Women\u2019s Travel Needs in Ireland to Inform the Future of Sustainable Transport Policy and Design<\/em>\u00a0shows us that understanding car dependency, modal shift, and a<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>smaller scale<\/em>\u00a0travel landscape is about\u00a0understanding everyday life.\u00a0It illustrates that, when designing and integrating mobility solutions and land use policy, we need to consider that people are<em>\u00a0situated<\/em>\u00a0with families, gendered roles, fears, joys, and risk appetites.\u00a0\u00a0Delivering sustainable mobility in the post-pandemic future is about unpacking these \u2018<em>situations<\/em>\u2019.\u00a0Whilst research was conducted just prior to the global pandemic, the insights have even greater resonance today as people struggle to trust shared transport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cNo one taught me how to cycle on the road \u2013 I wish someone would teach me now\u2026 I hope my son grows up to be confident enough to cycle on the road.\u201d \u2013 Amanda<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The everyday stories of women take us beyond the rhetoric about \u2018inclusion\u2019 and \u2018community,\u2019 introducing voices into the transport discussion that are absent from consultation. These poignant and candid snapshots of everyday life provide the starting point for the next wave of innovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s easier to have a car with a baby, you can just put him in his car seat and be done with it\u201d \u2013 Nathalie\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cMy son\u2019s independence is so important to me, it means he\u2019s not attached to me. I know parents who can\u2019t go anywhere [without their autistic child].\u201d \u2013 Josie\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cEven now in the middle of the day [20 years after being attacked by three men in a car park while 8 months pregnant], there are certain places I wouldn\u2019t walk to for no rational reason at all. There are just alarm bells going off. This has impacted everything \u2013 that fear factor is there. I would get into a car at any time of the day and I\u2019d be very conscious. I try not to let it impact my day-to-day life, but it does.\u201d \u2013 Siobhan\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s the freedom and independence that driving gives you, and the reassurance of knowing that the car is there in case you get a call saying the kids need to get picked up. That\u2019s just too important.\u201d \u2013 Karen<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cI can walk perfectly, but it\u2019s just fatigue at the end of walking that would get me.\u201d \u2013 Lucy<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Designing_for_women_Converting_%E2%80%98nice-to-have_to_%E2%80%98must-haves\"><\/span>Designing for women: Converting \u2018nice-to-have\u2019 to \u2018must-haves\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Designing for women is often about things that would be labeled \u2018nice-to-haves\u2019 by current design standards (or simply not thought of at all) \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span>but which are the very things that foster a lifetime of confident and loyal sustainable transport use.<\/p>\n<p>It could be more thoughtful mobility near health services; <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">child-size<\/span>\u00a0toilet facilities so that kids don\u2019t fall into adult public toilets; safe cycle paths going places that kids need to go; a convivial night-time coffee stand and good lighting at the tram stop, ensuring women\u00a0<em>feel<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>safer; services and infrastructure that link up the cr\u00e8che, local doctor, library, arts precinct, fruit and veg market and perhaps after-school swimming. If these things don\u2019t exist locally, it could be partnering across traditional silos to create them. Reimagining data to tell us about people\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>situations<\/em>; education for everyone working in the mobility space about the <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">long-lasting<\/span>\u00a0trauma that can flow from women\u2019s unsafe mobility experiences \u2013 for them and their families; new ways to involve the community in local transport solutions \u2013 to name just a few.<\/p>\n<p><em>Travelling in a Woman\u2019s Shoes<\/em>\u00a0is a timely study that holds the clues to designing mobility for resilient local cities, which is in many ways the new priority for all of us.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tii.ie\/technical-services\/research\/TII-Travelling-in-a-Womans-Shoes-Report_Issue.pdf\">Click here to read\u00a0 Travelling in a Woman\u2019s Shoes<\/a><span>: Understanding Women\u2019s Travel Needs in Ireland to Inform the Future of Sustainable Transport Policy and Design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article was written by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kelly-saunders-b3056913?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_all%3Ba34EhjSuT8KLat4Qz88nSw%3D%3D&amp;licu=urn%3Ali%3Acontrol%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_all-people_kcard_view_profile&amp;lici=7lRH%2B1mNRE%2BsKeGnM%2FWAsQ%3D%3D\">Kelly Saunders<\/a> on <\/span><\/i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmobilitycompany.com\/content\/daily\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Urban Mobility Daily<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. 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Changeable travel restrictions and new virus strains are reshaping our mobility psychology. 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