The city of Barcelona has been at the forefront of implementing 15 Minute City policies, with the goal of becoming a more walkable and cyclable city where residents can access essential services and amenities within a 15-minute radius. To achieve this goal, the city has introduced several changes to the built environment, including the creation of superblocks, the expansion of shared bicycle infrastructure, and the removal of car lanes to increase sidewalk space. However, the success of these policies largely depends on public support, which can be hindered by organized opposition. Thus, public acceptance of strategies promoting 15-minute city policies is crucial to their success. _x000D_
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This study aims to investigate the relationship between the implementation of 15 Minute City policies in Barcelona and the electoral outcomes of the upcoming municipal elections, specifically of the party that introduced them, Barcelona en Comú. In our study, we map the city’s modification to the built environment from 2015 to date. By mapping the intensity of urban interurbanon at the census track level, we are able to match changes in the built environment with electoral outcomes. To do so we employ a multilevel linear regression accounting for the nested nature of the data, while controlling for a battery of sociodemographic and built environment covariates. _x000D_
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Results will allow us to test for the first time whether built enviornment sustainable travel interventions have a wheight on political decisions at the municipal level.

Marta-Beatriz Fernández Núñez, Oriol Marquet, Jaime Orrego, Carme Miralles-Guasch
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

 
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