Metrominuto is a schematic pedestrian map based on the aesthetics of public transport maps that marks the distances between the most important points of a city and the times it would take an average person to travel those distances, designed to encourage citizens to move on foot.[1][2]​.

Metrominuto was created in 2011 in Pontevedra, Spain, by the municipal communication department, headed by journalist Antón Prieto, author of the idea, which he developed in collaboration with local police officer Emilio Suárez. The plan tried to demystify the time it takes to walk from one point to another in the city in a simple and easy-to-understand way, within the framework of a global strategy to promote urban walkability.[3]​.

Since its creation, metrominute maps have been distributed in the form of a manual paper map, placed on public transport information panels, installed as information posters throughout the city, developed as a free mobile application and promoted with slogans such as "Move with your own energy" "Better on foot".[4]​.

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 Award for Urban Mobility in 2013[5]​ and the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development 2014 awarded by UN-Habitat in association with the Dubai Municipality.[6]​.

Metrominuto has been introduced, with its own personalized design, in many European cities such as Toulouse in France, Florence, Ferrara,[7]​ Modena[8]​ and Cagliari in Italy, Poznan in Poland, Belgorod[9]​ in Russia, Ángel in the United Kingdom and Zaragoza, Seville, Cádiz, Salamanca, Granada, Jerez de la Frontera, La Coruña, Logroño and Pamplona in Spain.[10]​[11]​.

Currently, the Walking Cities Network, an entity that brings together more than 80 Spanish cities and provinces, carries out Metrominutos for all associated cities that wish to do so.

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