Transport Engineering and Reduction in Crime: The Medellín Case

Urban Transformations and Health: Methods for TrUST—a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Impacts of a Mass Transit Cable Car in Bogotá, Colombia

“…Despite the increasing popularity of cable cars, only the cable cars in Medellín (Colombia) and La Paz-El Alto (Bolivia) have been evaluated (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). Findings from these evaluations have shown relevant transport and environmental effects such as reductions in travel time (13,14) and increased energy efficiency (15), and improved access to social services (14).…”

“…Findings from these evaluations have shown relevant transport and environmental effects such as reductions in travel time (13,14) and increased energy efficiency (15), and improved access to social services (14). However, the effect cable cars on health and social determinants of health has been limited and included increased social cohesion (11,12), decreased homicide rates (12,16), reduction of unemployment (14), higher resident perceptions of inclusion (17,18), and higher resident self-esteem (17).…”

Are We Taking Off? A Critical Review of Urban Aerial Cable Cars as an Integrated Part of Sustainable Transport

“…More precisely, the insights showed that a participatory planning process and well-designed public transport interventions improved the social equity. [48] Additional work analyzed the Metrocables from the perspective of transport engineering, and their impact on crime reduction proved their success revealing the role of cable cars to be key to social integration [49]. Other authors [23] verified the prior finding [49] by investigating the cable car as a part of sustainable city regeneration from former, chaotic, urban growth suffering.…”

“…[48] Additional work analyzed the Metrocables from the perspective of transport engineering, and their impact on crime reduction proved their success revealing the role of cable cars to be key to social integration [49]. Other authors [23] verified the prior finding [49] by investigating the cable car as a part of sustainable city regeneration from former, chaotic, urban growth suffering. The results emphasized that the increase in public spaces and the new transport system has lowered marginality and delinquency [23].…”

“…Considering an entire cable car system, the influence is also assessed differently concerning the cityscape and this represents research potential [38]. Aside from the cable car itself, particularly in regions where public transport has previously not been well developed, the question arises as to what extent cable cars, and especially their accompanying urban development measures, are necessary to combat other issues such as poverty in the long term [49,57]. Empirical data on fully integrated cable cars into public transport systems is mainly scarce, especially in Europe [38].…”