Revisiting Accessibility in a Context of Sustainable Transport: Capabilities and Inequalities in Bogotá

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 4464
• Main Authors: Oviedo, Daniel, Guzman, Luis A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Cities; Commuting; Gravity; Handicapped accessibility; Infrastructure; Low income groups; Mobility; Planning; Public transportation; Social factors; Social interactions; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Travel; Trip surveys

This research sets out to examine the interaction between accessibility, social inequalities and sustainability by revisiting a well-documented case of inequalities in access in Global South cities: Bogotá. Our analysis builds on the concept of accessibility, focusing on the role of transport as an...