Beyond the 15-minute city: What really makes people want to walk

By Paula Negron-Poblete, Professeure agrégée à l’École d’urbanisme et d’architecture de paysage, Université de Montréal

A sedentary lifestyle is a trap lurking around every corner, and adopting more active lifestyles is an increasing priority. But what really motivates people to walk? A neighbourhood may offer excellent opportunities to walk to many destinations, but only a few specific routes will actually be perceived as conducive to walking.

As a professor at the School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture at the Université de Montréal,…

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