A map will measure the time and distance of walking routes through Bilbao

On September 20, Bilbao City Council presented, within the framework of the various events organized during the mobility week, “Metrominuto”, a map that measures the distance and time it takes to travel the pedestrian routes that connect the main points. from the city.

In this way it will be possible to know the time it takes, for example, to travel the 1,200 meters that separate the Moyúa and Sagrado Corazón squares, specifically 14 minutes; the half kilometer between the Foral Palace and the Abando Station, 6 minutes; or the 200 meters between the La Ribera Market and the Cathedral of Santiago, which takes two minutes on foot.

As its spokesperson Ana Viñals indicated in the presentation of the initiative, “the purpose is to de-dramatize the culture of walking, highlighting the proximity between recognizable places in the city and thus motivating the choice of walking for daily trips.”

The first city to publish this schematic map was Pontevedra in 2011, the result of a laboratory of ideas on pedestrian mobility carried out in this Galician capital. Currently, more than twenty Spanish and European cities such as London, Torres Vedras (Portugal), Toulouse (France), Poznan and Bydgoszcz (Poland) and Florence (Italy) have been inspired by this project to promote a more sustainable mobility model in your cities.

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