Impacto del COVID-19 en la movilidad en transporte público de ciudades intermedias: el caso de la ciudad de Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

Andrea Bosisio; Rubén Talavera García

doi:10.30972/geo.22438227

Authors

Andrea Bosisio Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL). Departamento de Cartografía y Agrimensura. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Hídricas. Santa Fe. Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-8618
Rubén Talavera García Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Grupo tGIS Transporte Infraestructura y Territorio. Departamento de Geografía. Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Madrid. España. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4749-3546

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30972/geo.22438227

Keywords:

Buses; urban mobility; transport smart card; mobility patterns; transport planning

Abstract

COVID-19 marked a before and after in urban mobility. Yet, the effects have been stronger in intermediate cities where the public transport system was not sufficiently consolidated to answer back to a public health crisis; such is the case in the city of Santa Fe, which was subsequently coupled with a high inflation context.

Different analyses were done using the transport smart card SUBE database, which showed a strong reduction in the number of validations with a standard fare during the post-pandemic, endangering the sustainability of the service.

The present study contributes to the general understanding of this problem, providing detailed information and new lines of investigation aimed at assisting the local government with recommendations regarding the implementation of measures leading to finding a solution to the current crisis in public transport.

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