Understanding Public Transport Ridership in Developing Countries to Promote Sustainable Urban Mobility: A Case Study of Mexicali, Mexico

Alejandro Sánchez-Atondo, Leonel García, Julio Calderón-Ramírez, José Manuel Gutiérrez-Moreno and Alejandro Mungaray-Moctezuma
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Alejandro Sánchez-Atondo: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Blvd. Benito Juárez, S/N, Mexicali C.P. 21280, Mexico
Leonel García: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Blvd. Benito Juárez, S/N, Mexicali C.P. 21280, Mexico
Julio Calderón-Ramírez: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Blvd. Benito Juárez, S/N, Mexicali C.P. 21280, Mexico
José Manuel Gutiérrez-Moreno: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Blvd. Benito Juárez, S/N, Mexicali C.P. 21280, Mexico
Alejandro Mungaray-Moctezuma: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Blvd. Benito Juárez, S/N, Mexicali C.P. 21280, Mexico

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: Some small- and medium-sized Global South cities have unsustainable transport systems and no information to plan interventions in addition to having limited resources for data collection. This study proposes a method to understand Public Transport (PT) ridership in cities of these characteristics, based on previous studies and by analysing available indicators related to Manheim’s macro-variables, to identify their influence on the PT ridership. The method was applied in the city of Mexicali, Mexico. The results help to understand the causes of the low PT ridership and have implications for achieving sustainable urban mobility in the city. Findings reveal that mobility planning in Mexicali has been occurring without properly considering activity system related variables, so it is necessary to integrate urban and transport administration. Moreover, to increase PT demand in Mexicali, mobility strategies to discourage the use of private cars are necessary. The proposed method can be applied in other cities of the Global South with characteristics similar to the case study to understand the causes of PT ridership, so these can be considered by the agencies responsible for the planning of the city’s transportation system to promote a sustainable urban mobility.

Keywords: public transport ridership; urban transport; developing countries; transport mode choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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