Chrono-TOD: The 15-Minute City as the Missing Dimension in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)


Oburu B. B., Atay Kaya İ.

4th International Symposium on Graduate Research (DEUISGR 2025), 17 - 19 Aralık 2025, ss.55, (Özet Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.55
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Recent challenges of urban planning are the automobile dependence and socio-spatial segregation. One prominent framework to cope with them is the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), which promotes the integration of land use and transport planning to enhance accessibility and reduce reliance on vehicles. However, TOD has often prioritized regional connectivity (Node) over local accessibility (Place), frequently resulting in Transit Adjacent Development (TAD). TAD represents station areas that are highly connected but lack functional completeness, ultimately failing to achieve the intended benefits of their locations. Conversely, the 15-Minute City (15mC) inverts this focus, prioritizing local proximity and walkability. However, while the 15mC focuses on the local place, it frequently underestimates the necessity of regional connectivity and integration. This research identifies a gap in these concepts where TOD prioritizes the region but neglects the local sphere, while the 15mC prioritizes the local sphere but neglects the region. To bridge this gap, this study proposes the "Chrono-TOD" framework, a theoretical synthesis that re-operationalizes the 'Place' dimension of the established Node-Place (NP) model. By performing a comparative analysis of TOD and 15mC and utilizing the NP model as a diagnostic lens, the research deconstructs the limitations of current planning metrics to advocate for a holistic integration that balances local accessibility with regional connectivity. The proposed framework shifts the unit of analysis from Euclidean buffers to network-based isochrones. It replaces generic land-use entropy indices with functional completeness based on the temporal availability of six essential urban social functions (living, working, commerce, healthcare, education, entertainment). This research provides a rigorous methodological blueprint for establishing 15-minute stations that are sensitive to the temporal dynamics of urban life. Ultimately, this research contributes to urban research and practice by moving the planning focus from mobility-oriented to proximity-oriented planning.