Abstract
As the first step toward implementing strategies to improve mobility in urban centers, governmental authorities must assess their present situation in order to identify the most effective actions that should be included in their short and long-term plans. However, there is not a well-established methodology to carry out such an assessment. The already existing ones are subjective, incomplete, costly, and hard to implement, especially for the case of Latin American (LATAM) countries. This paper proposes a comprehensive methodology to carry out this assessment. It uses recent advances in information technologies and includes the use of web map services, telematics data, and low-cost vehicle emission tests. As an example of application, a mobility assessment was carried out for Saltillo, a medium-sized city in northeastern Mexico, which is considered a typical city in LATAM countries. Results indicate that this methodology can be replicated at a low incremental cost and that it leads towards the identification of the most sustainable (economic, environmental, and social) actions that should be implemented in these cities considering their local circumstances.
Highlights
Industrialization and globalization have triggered people to migrate from the countryside to urban areas
The proposed methodology is divided into three phases (Figure 1): (i) Describing the region of study, (ii) obtaining local data to evaluate mobility-related performance indicators, and (iii) performing a mobility assessment based on a benchmarking evaluation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with comparable and/or reference cities
Saltillo by itself covers up a surface of 272 km2 where the urban area corresponds to 240 km2 with a population of over 864,082 inhabitants, which results in an urban population density of around 3600 Hab/km2
Summary
Industrialization and globalization have triggered people to migrate from the countryside to urban areas. In the context of urban regions, sustainable mobility is the ability of a transport system to meet the needs of its citizens and goods of gaining access to desired locations, with the minimum environmental impact, minimum cost, and means well accepted by the community. This means that mobility is no longer based on the distances and attraction nodes classical model [3]. It is the ability to meet the needs of society to move freely, gain extensive access to desired locations, communicate, negotiate, and make relationships without sacrificing other values, today or in the future [4]
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