Patrones de viaje y problemas de accesibilidad de personas en situación de discapacidad en Tunja
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Date
2017
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. Urban transport systems impose
barriers to physically impaired people, which impedes
them from normally carrying out daily activities such
as visiting the doctor, studying or working. This
situation can exacerbate a vicious circle in which
these people evidence lower levels of education and
income and, in general, lower welfare. Objective.
Perform a characterization of the physically impaired
people in Tunja to know their commute patterns
and problems of accessibility to public transport.
Materials and methods. The research, located
in Tunja, was based on two surveys: a household
survey of transport applied in 2012, which allowed
to know the households’ economic activities as well
as the commute patterns of the city of Tunja; and a
specific survey conducted with physically impaired
people in 2014, which enabled us to identify the
main problems they must face when commuting. Results. A socioeconomic characterization of the
physically impaired population in Tunja was made.
It was found that 95 % of this population have
difficulties to commute in the city, and 88 % use the
public transportation service, especially taxis, which
increases their transport costs. Conclusions. This
work can be considered as a first contribution to the
development of empirical research related to the
commute patterns and problems of the physically
impaired people in the city of Tunja, Colombia.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Personas en situación de discapacidad, Transporte urbano, Transporte público, Transporte - Movilidad, Transporte - Accesibilidad
Citation
Revista Lasallista de Investigación Vol. 14 N. 2