Sebastián Raveau Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile El fenómeno de la evasión en buses de Red Movilidad puede ser abordado desde perspectivas sociales, económicas, operaciones o culturales, entre otras. Para la generación de ideas dirigidas a reducir la evasión es fundamental la colaboración entre distintos actores. En esta columna me... read more →
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Juan P. Cavada, Cristián E. Cortés & Pablo A. Rey Abstract This research is focused on the analysis of a container terminal common in industrial zones in urban areas, called the logistic services container terminal (LSCT), defined as a small to medium size inland terminal with no intermodal facilities. The main function of... read more →
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Andrés Fielbaum, Alejandro Tirachini, Javier Alonso-Mora Abstract We analyse the sources of economies and diseconomies of scale in On-Demand Ridepooling (ODRP), disentangling three effects: when demand grows, average costs are reduced due to i) a larger fleet that diminishes waiting and walking times (Mohring Effect), and ii) matching users with more similar routes (Better-matching Effect). A counter-balance... read more →
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Tomás Rossetti & Ricardo Daziano Abstract This study aims to understand how self-assessed health status relates to preferences for cycling infrastructure. An integrated latent class and latent variable choice model is fitted using responses to a stated preference experiment from a panel of New York City residents (N = 801). Estimates show... read more →
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Wiktor Budziński, Ricardo Daziano Abstract In this study, we employ a choice experiment to analyze New York City residents’ preferences for online grocery shopping at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We employ a latent class specification to identify three market segments and estimate consumers’ willingness to pay for a variety of attributes of online grocery services... read more →
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Natural hazard risk management in the Chilean drinking water industry: Diagnosis and recommendations
María Molinos-Senante, Alondra Chamorro, Marta Contreras, Tomas Echaveguren Abstract Disaster risk management in water infrastructure is still a world challenge. In this study, we present and discuss the results of an extensive survey conducted to Chilean water companies focused on disaster risk management in the production of drinking water. The main conclusions were: i) there is significant heterogeneity... read more →
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Alondra Chamorro, Tomás Echaveguren , Carlos Pattillo, Manuel Contreras-Jara, Marta Contreras, Eduardo Allen, Natalia Nieto, Hernán de Solminihac Abstract The consequences of natural hazards are frequently estimated by the direct cost of recovering damaged infrastructure and the indirect costs to road users, economic activities, and impacts on society. Road networks are crucial in economic systems, logistic chain continuity, accessibility, mobility,... read more →
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Tiznado-Aitken, I., Vecchio, G., Guzman, L. A., Arellana, J., Humberto, M., Vasconcellos, E., & Muñoz, J. C. (2023). Unequal periurban mobility: Travel patterns, modal choices and urban core dependence in Latin America. Habitat International, 133, 102752. - ¿Cuál es la brecha que buscaban resolver y por qué es importante? La desigualdad en... read more →
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por Jaime Valenzuela ¿Son Públicas? Sí, son públicas. Pero el público que accede a ellas, de manera presencial o por medios telemáticos, es escaso. Sus efectos difusivos no son entonces importantes en un sentido transversal. Se puede deducir de esto que sus efectos políticos tampoco lo son; excepto por la... read more →
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Por Jaime Valenzuela Ingeniero Civil y Master of Science de la Helsinki University of Technology, Finlandia. Egresado de Ingeniería Civil, Mención Transportes, de la Universidad de Chile.Estudios en el Magíster en Políticas Públicas FEN de la U. de Chile y estudios del Diplomado en Gobierno Corporativo para Directores de Empresas... read more →