Transport for inclusive development

UoM School of Environment, Education & Development

The 1st session of INTALInC's international webinar series, showcasing the outputs and impacts of research activity over the last six years

INTALInC webinar series

Third annual international INTALInC webinar series

Wednesday 26th April, 2023T﻿ransport for inclusive developmentC﻿hair: Professor Karen Lucas, INTALInC, University of ManchesterI﻿ntroductionUrban mobility and accessibility are essential elements for a dignified life and the full development of people and societies. The ability to move and have access to efficient, affordable, and safe transport are key to enabling access education, healthcare, jobs, participation in civic life, and ultimately to reduce poverty and inequality. However, not all user groups enjoy the same levels of accessibility to opportunities, and therefore, mobility and accessibility can be limited due to numerous factors that generate transport-related disadvantage and social exclusion. Disparities in the distribution of accessible and affordable public transport infrastructure and services contribute to barriers to accessibility to opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged groups. In addition, persons with disabilities often face severe barriers in terms of physical accessibility to and affordability of adequate transportation services and infrastructure, which prevents them from freely navigating their environment and accessing job opportunities that could help lift them out of poverty. The inability to access universally accessible and safe transport infrastructure services – manifested as barriers in the design of vehicles, public spaces, streets, stations, and bus stops, as well as barriers to transportation, communication, and empathy – can expose vulnerable groups to disproportionate burdens of transport-related externalities. Moreover, the cost of transport can be a source of economic stress and vulnerability for those spending a disproportionate share of their income accessing mobility and the opportunities it makes available. The lack of affordable transportation options for disadvantaged populations can further exclude them from accessing the opportunities and services that tend to be concentrated in cities.This webinar will draw from the recently published Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) flagship report, &quot;<a href="https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/viewer/Transport-for-Inclusive-Development-Defining-a-Path-for-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Transport for Inclusive Development: Defining a Path for Latin America and the Caribbean</a>&quot; to explore these issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Speakers include authors of three chapters of this publication:Chapter 2: One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Barriers to Mobility and Accessibility for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations in Urban Areas, Chapter 4: The Transit Divide: Mapping Inequalities in the Coverage and Quality of Public Transport, andChapter 5: Out-of-Pocket: Transport Affordability and Social Inclusion.The session will share policy experiences and empirical evidence to inform a discussion about practices and lessons learned, highlighting current challenges for fostering social inclusion of low-income populations through public transport infrastructure. Public transport serves as the guiding thread for this dialogue, examining the role they have played in enabling accessibility of low-income and disadvantaged populations and the barriers that those populations face in the region in terms of access to safe, affordable, and adequate transit systems. We will close by presenting policy solutions to reduce disparities in the coverage and quality of systems and insights and recommendations for improving public transport quality, coverage, affordability, and accessibility for low-income and disadvantaged groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. P﻿resenters:Diana Sandoval, Inter-American Development BankDaniel Oviedo, PhD, University College LondonLynn Scholl, PhD, Inter-American Development BankBiosDiana Sandoval is and architect and urban planner, with 20 years of experience in urban, and transport projects. Currently, she is a social inclusion consultant at the Infrastructure Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. She has contributed to a number of publications regarding universal accessibility in transport in Latin American cities and disability inclusion in public infrastructure. She has a MA in design and public space from Pompeu Fabra University and a master&#x27;s degree in development planning from University College London. Prior to joining the IDB she worked as director of urban studies in the construction chamber of Bogota-Colombia, and as an urban planner in private transport consultancies with emphasis in public space connectivity, accessibility, and universal design. She was also a professor of urban planning at Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia.Daniel Oviedo is a leading scholar in the study of transport, accessibility, and social inequalities in cities of the global south. He is a civil engineer by training with a masters on Transport Planning and PhD in Development Planning. With 14 years of experience in global research and consultancy exploring transport inequalities at the urban and interurban scale in Global South Cities. Daniel has extensive experience across Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the UK. He has been advisor for various national governments including Colombia, Peru, Panama, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, the Inter-American Development Bank, CAF, and the World Bank on issues related to transport planning, social equity, and sustainability. He is the director of the International Network for Transport and Accessibility in Low-Income Communities (INTALInC) in Latin America and the Caribbean and leads the UCL Inclusive Mobility Innovation Platforms and the UCL-Osaka University Walking Cities Lab in Sub-Saharan Africa.Lynn Scholl is a Lead Transport Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) based in The Bahamas, where her work focuses on helping governments to promote inclusive and sustainable economic development in the Latin American and Caribbean Region through transport finance, technical assistance, and research. She is has led and authored several studies examining the interlinkages between transport, social inclusion and poverty reduction, climate change, and role of app-based services in fostering more inefficient, safe, and sustainable transport. She holds a PhD and master’s degree in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences also from UC Berkeley. Prior to joining the IDB she worked as a transportation researcher at the UC Berkeley’s Transportation Center, and Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the Public Policy Institute of California, and in the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory’s International Energy Group.

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