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Ana Margarita Larrañaga, Juan de Dios Ortúzar, Daniel Oviedo, Alejandro Ruiz-Padillo Abstract The expansion of urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been marked by spatial fragmentation, unequal infrastructure provision, and accessibility gaps. In this context, active mobility - such as walking and cycling - has emerged as a key strategy to promote... read more →

Ricardo Giesen, Darío Hidalgo, Raúl Ramos Abstract Public transport is essential in advancing sustainable, equitable, and safe mobility. It is the primary transportation mode in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) cities, but it is facing a fast decline in favor of individual motorized modes, especially motorcycles. Improving public transport in LAC cities requires understanding local... read more →

Cristhian Figueroa-Martínez, Amanda Toro-Salinas & Natan Waintrub Abstract There is a prolific body of literature investigating the impacts of the built environment on different aspects of people’s lives. However, the studies focusing on people who are in underprivileged positions, live in deprived neighbourhoods or experience both conditions are scant. This article addresses these... read more →

Anastasia Soukhov, Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken, Matthew Palm, Steven Farber & Antonio Paez  Abstract This work provides a synthesis of how transportation fairness, justice and equity academic literature has defined and operationalized standards. We first clarify the key concepts of fairness, equity, justice and standards, and introduce a flexible “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How” (5WH)... read more →

Manuel Contreras-Jara, Alondra Chamorro, Tomás Echaveguren, Esteban Sáez, Carlos A. Bonilla, Claudio Sandoval and Jorge Gironás Abstract Rainfall-induced cut-slope failures are one of the main causes of traffic disruptions in road networks, consuming 30–50% of annual road maintenance budgets. Therefore, it is crucial to analyze how traffic disruptions, resulting from cut-slope... read more →

Muchlis Muchlisin, Jaime Soza-Parra, Dick Ettema Abstract In the Western setting, ride-hailing has gained widespread acceptance as a car-based (RH CAR) and on-demand transportation service over the last decade. However, in South-East Asia, due to a high prevalence of private motorcycle ownership, motorcycle-based ride-hailing (RH MC) has become more popular than RH CAR. In this... read more →