CityLab Daily: Make Way for the ‘One-Minute City’
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Sweden’s Street Moves project aims to introduce adaptable curb elements like this scooter-parking and seating unit to every street in the nation by 2030.
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On your doorstep: In 2020, the "15-minute city" became one of the hottest ideas in urban planning. Now Sweden is pursuing a hyperlocal twist called the one-minute city. It aims to transform entire neighborhoods, one street at a time. So think “the space outside your front door — and that of your neighbors adjacent and opposite,” says Dan Hill of the Swedish national innovation body Vinnova, which is piloting the initiative.
It allows local communities to become co-architects of their own streets’ layouts, letting residents control how much street space is used for parking or other public uses. And as Hill suggests, it enables cities to start developing new, more direct ways of engaging with the public. Today on CityLab, Feargus O’Sullivan takes a deep dive into exactly how the one-minute city works.