The Scope of Public Transportation in the City of Bogota, an Overview of Its Coverage from the Emergence of Informal Modes of Transport

EasyChair Preprint 10548

Abstract

The operation of transportation in the city of Bogota evaluated from the lack of coverage, justified from the emergence of informal transport. A research is presented that isolates the operation of public transport and focuses on the coverage presented by the same, where the emergence of informal transport, born to the transportation needs of users justifies the lack of scope of the transport in complementary transport trips. Through the evaluation of a case study, it is demonstrated that in the sector, the coverage of transport is insufficient; the existence and intermodal articulation of formal and informal public transport is evaluated due to the lack of coverage of the formal public transport.The research is based on the evaluation of the area of influence of Toberín of Transmilenio station, the area is characterized, and the coverage, the existence of informal transportation modes and their interaction with the formal transportation are evaluated, as well as the users' perception of the informal service. In view of this, the modal articulation between formal and informal modes of transport is evidenced, born in response to the mobilization needs of users, taking into account informality as a complementary service to formal transport, focused in the las mile

Keyphrases: Bicitaxi, Transport stages, informal transport, last mile, public transport

@booklet{EasyChair:10548,
  author    = {Sebastian Parada Celis and Maritza Cecilia Villamizar Ropero},
  title     = {The Scope of Public Transportation in the City of Bogota, an Overview of Its Coverage from the Emergence of Informal Modes of Transport},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10548},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}