Question

In 2023, the UK’s transport secretary Mark Harper amplified conspiracy theories that a design named for this number is a plot to dictate people’s behaviors. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this number that names a city design concept begun by Carlos Moreno and embraced by Anne Hidalgo. That design named for this number aims to make daily needs reachable by cycling, walking, or public transit.
ANSWER: fifteen minutes [or quart d’heure; accept 15-minute city]
[10e] Hidalgo adopted the 15-minute city concept while campaigning for re-election as mayor of this capital city that hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics.
ANSWER: Paris
[10h] This city has officially adopted the “20-minute neighborhood.” The Hoddle Grid created this city’s pedestrian laneways, while its shopping arcades were built after a mining boom ushered in this city’s 1880s “Marvellous” era.
ANSWER: Melbourne, Australia
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Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y316.67100%67%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y740.00186%100%114%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y620.00100%67%33%
Midwest2025-02-01Y120.00100%100%0%
North2025-02-01Y320.00100%100%0%
Northeast2025-02-01Y520.00100%80%20%
Overflow2025-02-01Y522.00100%80%40%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y220.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01Y417.5075%100%0%
UK2025-02-01Y1021.00100%100%10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y820.00100%100%0%
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y220.00100%100%0%

Data

Oxford ABristol1010020
Cambridge AManchester1010020
Cambridge BSouthampton A1010020
Southampton BCambridge C1010020
Warwick BCambridge D1010020
Warwick ACambridge E10101030
NYU CDurham1010020
Imperial BOxford C1010020
Imperial AOxford B1010020
LSESheffield1010020