Metrominuto

{{Short description|Schematic pedestrian map created in Pontevedra, Spain}}

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Metrominuto is a schematic pedestrian map based on the aesthetics of transit maps, marking the distances between the most important points of a city and the times an average person would take to walk those distances, designed to encourage citizens to get around on foot.{{cite web|author=ELTIS|author-link=ELTIS|title=METROMINUTO: a "public-transport-alike" pedestrian map in Pontevedra. Spain|url=https://www.eltis.org/discover/case-studies/metrominuto-public-transport-alike-pedestrian-map-pontevedra-spain|accessdate=May 5, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108133815/https://www.eltis.org/discover/case-studies/metrominuto-public-transport-alike-pedestrian-map-pontevedra-spain|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=CIVITAS|author-link=CIVITAS (European Union)|title=Passenger Transport Intermodality in Europe - Study Visit in Pontevedra: Metrominuto|url=http://civitas.eu/content/passenger-transport-intermodality-europe-study-visit-pontevedra-metrominuto-0|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Metrominuto was created in 2011 in Pontevedra, Spain by the local government, demystifying the time taken to get on foot from one point of the city to another in a simple and easy reading way, within the framework of an overall strategy to promote urban walkability.{{cite web|author=Concello de Pontevedra|title=Better on foot|url=http://www.pontevedra.gal/publicacions/Better-on-foot|accessdate=May 5, 2020}} Since its creation, they have distributed Metrominuto as a paper hand map, put up on public transport information panels, installed as an information sign all around the city, developed as a free mobile app and promoted using slogans such as “Move with your own energy” or “You live better on foot”.{{cite web|author=International Association of Educating Cities|title=Metrominuto: a map for encouraging pedestrian mobility|url=http://w10.bcn.es/APPS/edubidce/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=39165&accio=veure&idioma=3&pubididi=3|accessdate=May 6, 2020}} Metrominuto along with the urban transformation of Pontevedra into a pedestrian friendly and universally accessible city has won many national and international awards such as the European INTERMODES Urban Mobility Award in 2013{{cite web|author=ELTIS|author-link=ELTIS|title=Stockholm wins INTERMODES urban mobility award 2015|url=https://www.eltis.org/fr/node/44141|date=9 June 2015|accessdate=May 5, 2020|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822123107/https://www.eltis.org/fr/node/44141|url-status=dead}} and the 2014 Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development awarded by UN-Habitat in partnership with Dubai Municipality.{{cite web|author=Dubai International Award for Best Practices|title=Pontevedra. A Model for the City Centered on People|date=31 July 2019 |url=https://www.dubaiaward.ae/2014/pontevedra-a-model-for-the-city-centered-on-people-esp-344-14/|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}

Metrominuto has been introduced, in their own customized layout, in many European cities such as Toulouse in France, Florence, Ferrara,{{cite web|author=Elena Granata|title=Metrominuto Ferrara: a map that makes you walk|language=it|url=http://www.cityproject.it/metrominuto-fei-fa-camminare/|accessdate=May 6, 2020}} Modena{{cite web|author=Comune di Modena|title=Metrominuto|language=it|url=https://www.comune.modena.it/aree-tematiche/trasporti-viabilita-mobilita-e-sosta/mobilita-pedonale/metrominuto|accessdate=May 6, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613121014/https://www.comune.modena.it/aree-tematiche/trasporti-viabilita-mobilita-e-sosta/mobilita-pedonale/metrominuto|url-status=dead}} and Cagliari in Italy, Poznań in Poland, Belgorod{{cite web|author=gre_kow|title=Belgorod: Metrominuto|language=ru|url=https://gre-kow.livejournal.com/30268.html|date=17 October 2015|accessdate=May 6, 2020}} in Russia, Angel in the United Kingdom and Zaragoza, Seville, Cádiz, Salamanca, Granada, Jerez de la Frontera, A Coruña and Pamplona in Spain.{{cite news|author=Serafín Alonso|title=At least 57 cities have copied Pontevedra's Metrominuto|url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/pontevedra/menos-57-ciudades-han-copiado-metrominuto-pontevedres/201910231508221057680.html|accessdate=May 5, 2020|journal=Diario de Pontevedra|language=es|date=23 October 2019}}{{cite web|author=Red de Ciudades que Caminan|title=Cities that walk|url=https://ciudadesquecaminan.org/ciudades|language=es|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}