Sustainable data-driven public transport systems
Mobility in La Paz is dominated by the so-called informal public transport sector. Routes and transportation services are included by various privately run unions, which often compose each other. Vehicles are purchased by individual drivers, and unions do not have public infrastructure like bus stops. This results in large fleets of low-capacity vehicles that compete for passengers and often cause disruptions to traffic as well as dangerous traffic conditions.
As the population and urban area of La Paz and El Alto increase rapidly, the organization of the informal transport system increasingly poses a problem for urban development and public health. In this project we seek to analyze the current panorama of public transport and develop smart strategies for the improvement of the public transport sector.
Project manager:
Jens Burger, PhD
Email: jensburger@upb.edu
Participating institutions:
Institute of Computational Intelligence (ICI), Universidad Privada Boliviana
Social Research Center (CIS), Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
Project duration:
March 2018 - March 2019
