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Sustainable Urban Mobility: (A)Synchrony between Subway Systems
Ana Paula Borba Gonçalves Barros
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DOI:doi: 10.17265/2328-2142/2024.03.005
University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil
The present study analyses the differences between the subways systems of two cities, Lisbon (Portugal) and Brasília (Brazil), verifying the extent to which their subway systems are spatially integrated with the respective urban fabric—which would promote a better synchrony in terms of economy and sustainability. For interpreting the data, the methodology and tools of the Theory of the Social Logic of Space were used, by means of axial maps, researching the relationship between the constructed and empty (public spaces) areas of the urban structures. Based on the findings, meaningful differences between the subway systems and the configuration of urban spaces were observed, as a product of specific design matrixes. In Lisbon, the mobility associated to the subway seems to be encouraged by the integration of the system with the potential for movement provided by the urban tissue (making the secondary centralities articulated with the subway stations more dynamic). In Brasilia, however, there are several difficulties for such mobility, due to the predominant role of the empty spaces in the city which weakens the gathering potential of such areas, despite the fact that such articulation with secondary centralities is also present there.
Urban mobility, spatial configuration, space syntax, subway system.
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 12 (2024) 151-161 doi: 10.17265/2328-2142/2024.03.005
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