Confronting congestion in urban areas: Developing Sustainable Mobility Plans for public and private organizations in Bogotá

Guzman, Luis A.; Arellana, Julián; Alvarez, Vilma

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2020.02.019

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“…Passengers could be financially rewarded for commuting off-peak [48,49], and it could also be implemented using system information technologies to inform about crowding levels via a mobile phone application to change passengers' behaviour. Furthermore, companies could play a role by implementing company bus services, promoting sustainable travel behaviours, and considering the implementation of teleworking and flexitime [39].…”

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COVID-19 Outbreak in Colombia: An Analysis of Its Impacts on Transport Systems

Arellana

Márquez

Cantillo

2020

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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The global COVID-19 outbreak has demanded drastic actions and policies from the governments and local authorities to stem the spread of the virus. Most of the measures involve behavioural changes from citizens to reduce their social contact to a minimum. Thus, these actions influence individual activity patterns and transport systems in different ways. This paper studies the short-term impacts on the transport system caused by the different policies adopted by the Colombian government and local authorities to contain the COVID-19 spread. Using official and secondary data concerning the seven most populated cities in Colombia, we analyse the impacts on three components of the transport system: air transport, freight transport, and urban transport. Results show that national policies and local decisions have decreased the demand for motorised trips across the cities, diminishing congestion levels, reducing transit ridership, and creating a reduction in transport externalities. The country banned air transport for passengers and only allowed air cargo for medical and necessary supplies, which will have negative consequences for the economics of the airline industry. During the first three months of the COVID-19, freight was the most resilient transport component. However, freight trips diminished around 38%, affecting mainly the supply chain of nonessential products. During the pandemic, governments need to provide subsidies to maintain the system supply to avoid crowdedness and promote active transport by allocating less-used street space to cyclists and pedestrians. In the short term, transportation service providers will face a financial crisis, deepened by the pandemic, which will require government assistance for their recovery.

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“…Motorisation rates in these cities are the highest across the country. Also, all three cities have different transportation demand management (TDM) strategies during typical days [38][39][40]. However, local authorities in these cities decided to suspend the applicability of the TDM measures during the pandemic.…”

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COVID-19 Outbreak in Colombia: An Analysis of Its Impacts on Transport Systems

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Cantillo

2020

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“…Although public transport use remains high despite increases in motorization and shifts in demand towards walking and cycling, Bogotá faces several challenges regarding mobility [40]. e modal share of public transport has lost participation (from 57% in 2005 to 39% in 2015) but still serves a big proportion of the travel demand in the city.…”

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Revisiting the Benefits of Combining Data of a Different Nature: Strategic Forecasting of New Mode Alternatives

Guzman

Arellana

Cantillo-García

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Journal of Advanced Transportation

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We revisit the practice of combining revealed (RP) and stated preference (SP) data (i.e., the data enrichment, DE, paradigm) in discrete choice models using secondary data obtained from emerging sources; these facilitate access to massive information about travel choices and can be used to improve transport models. Even though the benefits of the DE paradigm have been known for years, there is a large gap between the state of practice and the state of the art, particularly in Global South countries (but also in many industrialized nations). We use a SP dataset considering two new transport alternatives (train and metro) and a RP dataset based on a large mobility survey in Bogotá, Colombia, complemented with fairly precise level-of-service data obtained using GIS utilities and the Distance Matrix API by Google. Our results allow us to discuss good practice, identify barriers and challenges to the paradigm’s application, and draw recommendations for forecasting the demand for new alternatives using joint RP and SP data.

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“…Traffic congestion (11.2): The link between telework and traffic congestion has long been studied [144]. This is not surprising because traffic congestion causes major social and economic costs for cities and societies [155], and it is widely argued that as telecommuting reduces car travel in cities, this also reduces traffic congestion [137,139,141]. However, the size of the effect is unsurprisingly a function of how often individuals tend to work from home and their usual mode of transport [138].…”

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Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

Moglia¹,

Bardoel²

2021

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With increased participation in telework expected to continue, to support emerging hybrid work models in the aftermath of the Covid-19, it is important to consider the long-term impact this practice could have on sustainability outcomes. This paper describes a systematic review of 113 academic journal articles and identifies associations between telework and sustainability, explored by previous researchers. Those associations were categorized and discussed, based on their contributions to different United Nations Social Development Goals. Most of research was found to focus on countries classified as having a very high human development index status, and regions with a low, medium or high human development index, largely ignored. The SWOT matrix technique was used to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses identified in the current literature as well as threats and opportunities for future work. This can help to ensure policy coherence and that strategies to promote one outcome, such as economic productivity improvements, does not undermine another, such as improved health. Practical implications and potential research opportunities were identified across a range of SDG impact areas, including good health and well-being, gender equality, reduced inequality, climate mitigation, sustainable cities and resilient communities. On the whole, our impression is that increased rates of telework present an important opportunity to improve sustainability outcomes, however, it will be important that integrated and holistic policy is developed that mitigates key risks.

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Confronting congestion in urban areas: Developing Sustainable Mobility Plans for public and private organizations in Bogotá

Cited by 42 publications

References 41 publications

COVID-19 Outbreak in Colombia: An Analysis of Its Impacts on Transport Systems

COVID-19 Outbreak in Colombia: An Analysis of Its Impacts on Transport Systems

Revisiting the Benefits of Combining Data of a Different Nature: Strategic Forecasting of New Mode Alternatives

Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

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