Abstract
This research explores the benefits of a proposal for urban road infrastructure which aims to improve road connection between northwest and western neighborhoods of the city of Manizales, Colombia, as well as to expand the ring of urban mobility that runs through the city. By calculating the global average accessibility and comparing the current and future situation, by averages of savings gradient, timesaving generated by this alternative are obtained in terms of average travel time. There is evidenced that suggest the road infrastructure proposal would generate savings in the average travel times for the entire city, especially to the neighborhoods located in the area of direct influence.
Highlights
The city of Manizales (Figure 1), capital of the department of Caldas, is located in the center of the west of Colombia, in the South American continent where it forms Colombia’s Golden Triangle
This research explores the benefits of a proposal for urban road infrastructure which aims to improve road connection between northwest and western neighborhoods of the city of Manizales, Colombia, as well as to expand the ring of urban mobility that runs through the city
By calculating the global average accessibility and comparing the current and future situation, by averages of savings gradient, timesaving generated by this alternative are obtained in terms of average travel time
Summary
The Mayoralty of Manizales has promoted road infrastructure projects through the Valorization Institute of Manizales (INVAMA, for its acronym in Spanish) and the National Institute of Roads (INVIAS, for its acronym in Spanish) in recent years These aim to improve mobility conditions in the city, reducing traffic and improving travel times, both urban and municipal. Many of these have been financed jointly by national, departmental and local budget, as well as betterment levies promoted by INVAMA This entity has the responsibility of developing new road infrastructure projects seeking to improve access to the neighborhoods of ‘La Francia’ and ‘Los Alcázares’, located in the western part of the city, which, given the topography, has challenging improvement conditions. The conclusions gotten as the result of the research work will be shown
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