Alexander's Pattern 11

Seven Rules to Evaluate Whether You Live
in a Local Transport Area

An automated pipeline that identifies and evaluates candidate Local Transport Areas in urban environments using OpenStreetMap data and Alexander's 7-rule framework. Select a city to explore the results.

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Completed analyses
Caltagirone
Italy Italy - Sicily
Caltagirone
Historic hilltop city. 2 candidate zones: historic centre and new centre.
Analysis complete 2 zones ↗
Aci Castello
Italy Italy - Sicily
Aci Castello
Coastal town near Catania. Compact urban fabric along the Ionian coast.
Analysis complete ↗
Dijon
France France - Bourgogne
Dijon
Capital of the Burgundy region. Known for its well-preserved medieval centre.
Analysis complete 3 zones ↗
Ghent
Belgium Belgium - East Flanders
Ghent
Major Flemish city with a dense historic core and extensive pedestrian network.
Analysis complete 5 zones ↗
Bologna
Italy Italy - Emilia-Romagna
Bologna
University city renowned for its historic porticoes and medieval towers.
Analysis complete 4 zones ↗
Grammichele
Italy Italy - Sicily
Grammichele
Hexagonal Baroque city rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake, with a unique radial street plan.
Analysis complete 1 zone ↗
Catania
Italy Italy - Sicily
Catania
Baroque city at the foot of Mount Etna, rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake.
Analysis complete 2 zones ↗
Siena
Italy Italy - Tuscany
Siena
Medieval city organized around the famous Piazza del Campo, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Analysis complete 1 zone ↗
Torino
Italy Italy - Piedmont
Torino
Former capital of Italy, characterized by its distinctive Baroque grid layout.
Analysis complete 5 zones ↗
Palermo
Italy Italy - Sicily
Palermo
Capital of Sicily, with a layered urban history spanning Arab, Norman and Baroque periods.
Analysis complete 7 zones ↗
Venezia
Italy Italy - Veneto
Venezia
Unique island city built on water, with a dense historic fabric of canals and calli.
Analysis complete 2 zones ↗
Padova
Italy Italy - Veneto
Padova
Ancient city with one of Europe's oldest universities and a rich urban fabric.
Analysis complete 8 zones ↗
Groningen
Netherlands Netherlands - Groningen
Groningen
University city with one of Europe's highest cycling rates. 4 Pattern 11 zones identified.
Analysis complete 4 zones ↗
Houten
Netherlands Netherlands - Utrecht
Houten
Planned Dutch new town renowned for its car-free cycling network and compact neighbourhoods.
Analysis complete 2 zones ↗
Palmanova
Italy Italy - Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Palmanova
Renaissance star-shaped fortress city. Too small for the Alexander range: no Pattern 11 zones found.
Analysis complete 0 zones ↗
Freiburg
Germany Germany - Baden-WĂĽrttemberg
Freiburg im Breisgau
Compact university city at the edge of the Black Forest, known for its historic centre and sustainable mobility.
Analysis complete 3 zones ↗
Latina
Italy Italy - Lazio
Latina
Rationalist new town founded in 1932, with a planned grid layout on reclaimed Pontine Marshes.
Analysis complete 2 zones ↗
Mannheim
Germany Germany - Baden-WĂĽrttemberg
Mannheim
The "Quadratestadt", a baroque grid city at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.
Analysis complete 5 zones ↗
Curitiba
Brazil Brazil - Paraná
Curitiba
Pioneering city in sustainable urban planning, with a widely studied bus rapid transit system.
Analysis complete 2 zones ↗
Barcelona
Spain Spain - Catalonia
Barcelona
Mediterranean city famous for the Eixample grid and its dense, walkable urban fabric.
Analysis complete 7 zones ↗
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom United Kingdom - England
Milton Keynes
Planned new town built in the 1960s, known for its grid roads and extensive network of cycle paths.
Analysis complete 0 zones ↗
Phoenix
United States United States - Arizona
Phoenix
One of the largest car-dependent cities in the US, built around arterial roads and low-density sprawl.
Analysis complete 63 zones ↗
Bogotá
Colombia Colombia - Cundinamarca
Bogotá
High-altitude capital known for its CiclovĂ­a and TransMilenio BRT, a reference for mobility in Latin America.
Analysis complete 1 zone ↗
Planned cities
London
United Kingdom United Kingdom - England
London
One of the most complex urban networks in the world, with a polycentric structure and extensive public transport.
Planned
Tokyo
Japan Japan - KantĹŤ
Tokyo
Largest metropolitan area in the world, structured around a dense rail network and walkable station districts.
Planned