Assessing equity in transport accessibility to work and study: The Bogotá region

This research was aimed at exploring levels of equity in accessibility to employment and education in the city-region of Bogotá, Colombia's capital city. Building on consolidated methodologies for the assessment of potential accessibility, the authors estimate accessibility indicators at the zone level, evaluate how potential accessibility varies among income groups, and present evidence related to transport mode, in order to analyze social and spatial inequalities produced by the distribution of accessibility to employment and education activities. The research incorporates a method to evaluate how accessibility varies among zones according to average income and mode of transport in order to produce evidence-based arguments that can inform transport policy in the city-region of Bogotá, and other similar contexts in the Global South. The authors' results show strong distributional effects of the socio-spatial and economic structure of the city-region, its transport infrastructure and services, and the effect of current transport and land-use policies for citizens of different income groups. The tools and empirical evidence in this research seek to contribute to informed policy development in Latin America and other developing contexts, and feeding current debates on the role of accessibility in addressing social and spatial inequalities stemming from urban mobility.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.12.016
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692316302149
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/09666923
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Guzm�n, Luis A
  • Oviedo, Daniel
  • Rivera, Carlos
• Publication Date: 2017-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 236-246
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 58
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Commuting; Education; Employment; Equity; School trips; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Bogota (Colombia)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01626836
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 2017 9:27AM