ACCESS AND MOBILITY

This line of research examines the connection between access to spaces and services within the city and the overall quality of life for its inhabitants. It explores how mobility and urban design can be tailored to meet the needs of residents, with a focus on creating a sustainable city. 

 

 The research looks at two different levels: metropolitan and local. At the metropolitan level, the goal is to understand and model the relationship between transportation systems and urban growth, in order to identify strategies for creating urban spaces that provide people with a good quality of life and easy access to their daily activities. At the local level, the focus is on considering main arterial roads as places for social interaction, beyond their primary function as transportation routes. 

 

This research also seeks to understand the distribution of different modes of transportation. The focus is on prioritising pedestrians, promoting urban activities, and fostering social interaction in public spaces along complete streets or urban mobility corridors. This requires designing infrastructure for each mode that promotes multiple interchanges and effective transportation services for users.  

 

Additionally, this line of research examines governance, planning structures, and procedures at the local and metropolitan levels that support necessary improvements to urban transportation systems and public spaces in the city.