Domestic workers’ commutes in Bogotá: Transportation, gender and social exclusion

Montoya-Robledo, Valentina; Escovar-Álvarez, Germán

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2020.07.019

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“…The opposite results were obtained in the recent study covering several Polish cities [ 101 ]. Similar results were reported in Bogotá, where the share of walking trips in the modal split was highest among working women [ 102 ].…”

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Factors influencing walking trips. Evidence from Gdynia, Poland

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Political support for active mobility is growing for many reasons, including land use planning, health, and improved mobility. As the vital part of many cities is their central area, decision-makers need to know what factors are essential for increasing walkability. This paper aims to identify the main factors affecting the walkability of the city centre of Gdynia (Poland). To achieve this, the research design was adjusted to the specificity of the local use case. Based on primary data collected via personal interviews, factor analysis was applied to rule out potential collinearity and reduce dimensions. Logistic regression models were then constructed. The results were compared with the research carried out in other cities. The results show that only two of the analysed factors are significant, namely accessibility and safety. Both are extensive categories and include many subcomponents that are influential among different groups of citizens. Our research also confirms that walkability is a city-specific issue that is influenced by many local factors.

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Factors influencing walking trips. Evidence from Gdynia, Poland

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“…Based on this, and as it has already been made clear in various contexts, public transport is one of the most important services in a city as it ensures the access of the lower income and most vulnerable population to their places of work and therefore to their livelihood, as it is the case with domestic service workers, who travel mainly between low-and high-income residential areas, and are captive users of public transportation 11 .…”

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COVID-19 and public transport: an overview and recommendations applicable to Latin America

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The article presents a general overview on COVID-19 transmission in the context of public transport, particularly applicable to decision making in Latin America. Based on recent findings on COVID-19 transmission and the relative importance of each factor (droplets, fomites, and aerosol routes) in such transmission, we seek to update the discussion on the topic that has generally been based on social distance as the only parameter for reducing the risk of transmission and broadens the vision to integrate ventilation, users' behavior (mask and eye protection use, silence while in the transport system) and travel distance. Recommendations to improve mobility conditions reducing the risk of COVID-19 contagion are provided. COVID-19 y transporte público: una revisión y recomendaciones aplicables a América Latina ResumenEl artículo presenta una revisión de transmisión de COVID-19 en el contexto de transporte público, con aplicación particular para toma de decisiones en América Latina. Con base en los hallazgos recientes sobre transmisión de Covid-19 y la importancia relativa de cada factor (gotículas, fómites y rutas de aerosoles) en dicha transmisión, buscamos actualizar la discusión sobre el tema que generalmente se ha basado en la "distancia social" como parámetro único de reducción de riesgo de transmisión y amplía esta visión para integrar la ventilación, el comportamiento de usuarios (uso de mascarilla, protección ocular, silencio), y la distancia de viaje. Se indican al final recomendaciones para mejorar las condiciones de movilidad en general sin aumentar el riesgo de contagio de Covid-19.

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“…Women, who are heterogeneous, suffer from limited accessibility, especially as the majority of users in Latin-American public transit (Granada et al, 2016). Limited accessibility comes from having commutes that transportation planning ignores, such as the mobility of care and the mobility for paid care (Sánchez de Madariaga, 2013; Montoya-Robledo et al, 2020; Montoya-Robledo and Escovar-Álvarez, 2020), facing constant sexual harassment and other sources of violence such as common and racial violence (Montoya-Robledo, n.d.-b; Montoya-Robledo, n.d.-c; Kash, 2019; Soto Villagrán, 2019; Quiñones, 2020; del Mar Rodas-Zuleta et al, 2022), being the majority of immobile people (Riera, 2018), and spending large percentages of their income in public transportation (Montoya-Robledo, n.d.-a; Montes Calero et al, 2022).…”

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“That is why users do not understand the maps we make for them”: Cartographic gaps between experts and domestic workers and the Right to the City

Montoya-Robledo

2023

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A broad gap exists between “God’s eye” transit maps from above that experts draw and how domestic workers map their commutes in Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia, through a street-level approach. Based on fieldwork conducted in both cities between 2017 and 2018, including interviews, participant observation, and social cartography, this translational article brings domestic workers’ understanding of the city they traverse daily vis-à-vis how experts conceive modern and rational public transportation systems. Delving into the literature on cartography, the Right to the City (RtC), and feminist geography, the study analyzes this gap and finds how it limits an effective RtC for this massive group of female commuters. It further provides public policy recommendations to address the gap and ensure RtC for all.

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Domestic workers’ commutes in Bogotá: Transportation, gender and social exclusion

Cited by 15 publications

References 20 publications

Factors influencing walking trips. Evidence from Gdynia, Poland

Factors influencing walking trips. Evidence from Gdynia, Poland

COVID-19 and public transport: an overview and recommendations applicable to Latin America

“That is why users do not understand the maps we make for them”: Cartographic gaps between experts and domestic workers and the Right to the City

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