URBAN MOBILITY METRICS
15 Minute City Score Europe Map
The 15 Minute City Score (15minCS) is an urban metric that quantifies walkability by measuring accessibility to essential services within a 15-minute walking distance. This interactive map visualizes accessibility scores across European Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) using consistent spatial analysis methods.
The analysis is built upon the 15minCS Toolkit and employs H3 hexagonal grid system (level 9) for spatial consistency, calculates isochrones using OSM pedestrian networks, and identifies service accessibility using eight essential service categories extracted from OpenStreetMap amenity data. The analysis integrates Copernicus Urban Atlas (2018) data for urban areas identification and population distribution. More information on the making on the map are available here.
Explore the overview map to compare accessibility across cities, then select any urban area to examine detailed accessibility patterns and service distribution in relation the resident population.
OPEN SOURCE DATA: The dataset behind this map is available on Transform Transport’s repository.
Messa, F., Presicce, D., Pedrazzoli, A., Albashir, A., & Gorrini, A. (2026). 15min City Score - Europe Map [Data set]. In Transform Transport Open Source Collection. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19610329
We invite citizens, researchers, planners, and city makers to explore, critique, and build on it.
DISCLAIMER: This map is for informational purposes only. Data is based on OpenStreetMap (OSM), for the pedestrian network and the service location, and Copernicus Urban Atlas (2018), for the landuse and the population. The OSM data, and the 15minCS can underrepresent actual service accessibility in areas where the OSM community is not particularly active.
