Movilidad segura a la escuela: estrategias para mejorar las condiciones de movilidad activa en los accesos a las escuelas Panamá y Nicolás Sojos

Abstract

During the last decades, the active mobility of children to school has decreased considerably around the world. The boom in the popularization and use of automobiles that cities have experienced, combined with the adoption of an urban planning model in which active mobility users are not taken into account, are two of the main causes of this phenomenon. In Cuenca, children who actively travel to school are exposed to various negative factors such as the poor quality of pedestrian infrastructure, environmental and noise pollution, and even the risk of being involved in a traffic accident. In this sense, this document presents the work carried out in the environments of two public schools in Cuenca, through the methodology of Action Oriented Planning. The study of the public space and its dynamics, as well as the perception of the users, allowed the development and implementation of two tactical urbanism interventions in these school environments. The results suggest that this methodology can be a valuable tool on the road to safer, more inclusive and sustainable cities: child-friendly cities.