| Journal: | Investigaciones geográficas - Instituto de Geografía. UNAM |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000446469 |
| ISSN: | 0188-4611 |
| Authors: | Rosas Gutiérrez, Jorge1 Chías Becerril, Luis2 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México. México 2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geografía, Ciudad de México. México |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Number: | 103 |
| Country: | México |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Spanish abstract | El objetivo principal del estudio es analizar el ascenso y la consolidación de un nuevo paradigma de movilidad urbana mundial. La investigación se desarrollará desde el enfoque de la geografía urbana, porque se realizará un análisis urbano espacial de los BRT (en inglés, Bus Rapit Transit) a nivel mundial, por región y ciudad. Hay una escasez de investigaciones de transporte que expliquen el cambio de paradigma de trenes urbanos por autobuses tipo BRT. Los resultados de los BRT no han sido tan exitosos como se dice, este tipo de autobuses se han extendido en gran parte del mundo, impulsados por diversas instituciones (ONG, AC y empresas privadas) que alientan a los gobiernos a implementarlos. Es evidente que muchas de las ciudades donde funcionan los BRT figuran como las más contaminadas, con graves problemas de congestionamiento y accidentes viales, e incluso con amenazas de colapso en las redes BRT. En el caso concreto de México se sugiere que los BRT no deben diseñarse de manera unimodal, ni proponerse como sustitutos del Metro. Sin duda son un valioso componente del sistema de transporte de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México (ZMVM), pero difícilmente pueden ser el eje vertebral de todo el sistema |
| English abstract | This study addresses two research questions. Does Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) constitute a new paradigm of urban mobility? Is it convenient to implement BRT approaches in any city regardless of its size and especially without considering the negative externalities that these approaches have upon urban functionality? Given the inability of quantitative and qualitative methods to separately explain transportation problems in large metropolitan areas, this research is carried out considering methodological triangulation, as a good alternative to visualize a problem from different angles, considering that if two strategies provide very similar results, then it is viable to corroborate their findings, but if the opposite happens, their results could be discarded. In addition, the present research is developed from an urban geography approach, evaluating the implementation and functionality of BRTs on a global scale, according to different regions and cities necessities. The systems of BRT were born in Curitiba Brazil back in 1974, combining the bus-ways of Chicago with Metro stations, nevertheless, at the moment, there are few investigations that question the paradigm shift from urban trains to BRT buses. The truth is that BRTs have spread rapidly in much of the world, under the impulse and interests of several Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), civil associations, or private companies that encourage the governments of low and middle-income countries to implement them, based on short-term costs without considering the long-term consequences of their operation on metropolitan transport systems. Historical evidence indicates that in large cities within the developed regions of the world (such as Western Europe and East Asia), the solution to the problems of transport and universal mobility is based on the combination of non-motorized travels and multi-modal mass transport that circulates through rail networks which are independent of urban roads. On the other ha |
| Disciplines: | Geografía |
| Keyword: | Geografía urbana, Transporte urbano, Congestión, Movilidad urbana, Transporte multimodal, Transporte Unimodal |
| Keyword: | Urban geography, Urban transport, Congestion, Urban mobility, Multi-modal services, Uni-modal services |
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