A snapshot of the informal organization of public transport operators in the Caribbean: Tap-Tap services in Port-Au-Prince

2021 ◽  
pp. 100733
Author(s):  
Daniel Oviedo ◽  
Yisseth Scorcia ◽  
Pablo Guerrero ◽  
Michael Delandsheer ◽  
Raul Rodriguez-Molina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Informal Organization ◽  
The Caribbean

The Role of Active Transport Modes in Enhancing the Mobility of Low-Income People in Latin America and the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Eugenia Rivas ◽  
Tomás Serebrisky
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Active Transport ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Low Income Groups ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Transport Modes

Active transport modes play a key role in developing sustainable transport systems by making cities accessible, safe, inclusive, and green. In Latin America and the Caribbean, walking and cycling represent a large share of total trips, especially for low-income groups. But for them, the decision to travel by using active transport modes, especially walking, is not based on sustainability but affordability. Income disparities in the region are also reflected in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, with poor neighborhoods lacking infrastructure of sufficient quality or size. Despite some successful experiences in the region, there is a lack of integration between transport modes, particularly public transport and cycling, which is crucial for improving the accessibility of low-income people, who usually live in peripheral areas, face long commutes, and require connecting infrastructure and services. The region has the opportunity to improve low-income groups access to livelihood opportunities and key services by developing infrastructure supporting nonmotorized transport, increasing citizen participation in planning, improving planning and regulation, and integrating active transport modes in urban transport systems, especially public transport.

scholarly journals BIREGIONAL COOPERATION FOR ADVANCING GAMIFICATION IN TRANSPORT POLICIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Antoaneta DODI
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Heads Of State

The globalization process is constantly growing and actors in the international scene have to find ways to adapt to the changes that this makeover involves. Therefore, there has been an increased cooperation between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean in many policy areas, including transport, especially in terms of access, affordability and sustainability. The Vienna Declaration of the Fourth ALC-UE Summit of Heads of State and Government from 2006 mentions the encouragement towards European and Latin American and Caribbean financial institutions to support physical integration by means of interconnectivity, network infrastructures, notably in the fields of energy, transport, telecommunications and research. The Lima Declaration of the Fifth ALC-UE Summit of Heads of State and Government from 2008 moves a step forward and comprises the fact that the states from the two regions will develop bi-regional energy cooperation regarding improvement of energy services, inter alia, in the metropolitan public transport. Moreover, the Madrid Declaration of the Sixth ALC-UE Summit of Heads of State and Government from 2010 refers to energy savings in all sectors of the economies, including transports, meanwhile the Santiago Declaration of the First UE-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government from 2013 prioritises the improvement of policies and providing, among others, adequately resourced basic health services, water and sanitation, housing, education, public transport and energy, besides strengthening the Latin America Investment Facility, to improve integration, energy and transport infrastructures, energy efficiency, renewable energy. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse best practice cases from both regions in terms of gamification of transport policies and infrastructure, in order to highlight the the potential of the biregional consolidated cooperation for advancing gamification (in view of modern, sustainable, affordable, efficient transport policies, networks and infrastructure), the financial and political instruments that can be used in this sense and the mutual benefits that it would bring for the participant actors.

Costa Rica port build inspires infrastructure drive

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Consumer Confidence ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Government

Subject Costa Rican infrastructure. Significance After nearly three years of construction, Costa Rica inaugurated a new 1-billion-dollar cargo port at Moin, in the Caribbean province of Limon, in late February. The government hopes to turn Costa Rica into a major regional shipping centre and to use the project as a launchpad for an infrastructure investment push. Impacts Further delays in the Route 32 extension risk damaging the reputation of the new port, leading to long-term under-use. Employment from infrastructure investment should drive a continuing rebound in consumer confidence. There may be a growing focus on urban public transport over the next 3-5 years, particularly if this attracts investor interest.

Delusions in the Caribbean

1963 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-70
Author(s):  
WALTER MISCHEL
Keyword(s):  
The Caribbean
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