Analysis of Interurban Mobility in University Students: Motivation and Ecological Impact.

Javier Cruz-Rodríguez,Francisco Zamora-Polo,Ana De Las Heras,Amalia Luque-Sendra

doi:10.3390/ijerph17249348

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249348

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Abstract

The management of mobility in large cities is a complex issue of great interest due to its economic, social, and environmental impact. In this work, the interurban mobility of engineering students from two campuses of the University of Seville is studied. Specifically, this work carries out an analysis of the preferences of students in terms of mobility to their study centres and determines the environmental impact of such mobility in terms of kg of CO2 per student. Three constructs can be found to describe the motivation for their choice of transport: those related to comfort and speed, those related to sustainability and price, and those related to safety. Based on the responses obtained, groups of students are established that enable the design of specific actions in accordance with each of the profiles. From the analysis of the results obtained, recommendations are made for policymakers, and a reflection is given on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this issue.

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Mobility management in cities constitutes a major challenge [1,2]
In the case of journeys made to or from “Los Remedios” (HPS), 35.5% of the trips are made by internal published combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, 31.5% are made on foot, and 22% are made by bus
We have studied the feelings that these means of transport transmit to the university students surveyed

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Mobility management in cities constitutes a major challenge [1,2]. There has been a rapid increase in city populations. The United Nations has proposed an agenda that seeks to promote sustainable human development, the well-known Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [4]. The SDGs were approved in the year 2015 by the General Assembly of the United Nations [4] and represent a first-level challenge for all countries. To achieve these goals, the participation of all actors is required, including governments, civil society, enterprises, and non-governmental organisations [4,5,6]. The 2030 Agenda must be understood in a joint way, since the SDGs are interconnected with each other [7,8,9]

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