Are Italian cities already 15-minute? Presenting a glocal proximity index, based on open data

In recent years,the concept of proximity has gathered significant attention and the best-known model dealing with this concept is CarlosMoreno's 15 minute city, where citizens can easily reach any essential service through a 15 minutes’ walk (orbikeride). This city model presents numerous advantages, including reductions in car traffic and carbon footprint, improvement in citizens' health and safety, enhancement of the economy in the whole city, improvement of accessibility and so on. However, transitioning to a15-minute city is not a straight forward undertaking and for this process to succeed it is best to rely on data-driven assessments of its developments. Deda Next developed an index of proximity, to help municipalities monitor the accessibility of their territory and develop targeted policies to improve mobility.