To realize the positive intersection of feminism and the 15-minute city, concrete and inclusive land-use and mobility policies are necessary. The explosion of interest in the concept of the 15-minute city among many urbanist planners and advocates can be explained in its more human-scale proposition for how cities should be planned.
Advancing Gender Equity in Urban Mobility Planning: A Comparative Case Study
Traditional urban transport planning is based on the average daily movement pattern of an able-bodied man who commutes by car from his home to his workplace and back during rush hour. This traditional approach fails to address more complex movement patterns and the mobility behavior and requirements of under-represented groups such as children, women, and people with disabilities. To date, this bias is visible in transport systems globally.
