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15-minute Cities: Leveraging Technology for

Hyperlocal Infrastructures

By Richard J. Vestner, Bentley Systems Vice President, Cities.

March 14, 2025 REAL ESTATE

Envision, for a moment, an ideal airport experience. You are dropped off by a taxi or
train at the entrance to your airline’s check-in area and, within a few feet, immediately
print your ticket from the self-service kiosk. After quickly depositing your suitcase at the
baggage area, you breeze through security and enter the grand concourse. On the way
to your gate, you stop at a restaurant, then spend a little time relaxing and taking
advantage of the free and fast WiFi in the airline’s VIP lounge. Later, you go to the
lavatory to freshen up. After perusing a few stores for convenience items, you hop onto
a moving walkway and make your way to your departure gate. You easily orientate
yourself by illuminated signs and signals and board the plane, which arrives on time.

In many ways, the best airports are akin to 15-minute cities, an urban planning model in
which every amenity or service a city-dweller could regularly need exists within a 15-
minute walking radius. Rather than “operation-based” areas - discrete financial,
entertainment, or parks district as a separate enclave within a big city - 15-minute cities

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