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The Experience of Travel as a
social component of mobility
Carlosfelipe Pardo
Despacio.org
@carlosfpardo
Why are we losing time?
30 min x 2 times a day x 200 days x 60 years =
12 thousand hours =
500 days lost to transport
of experience
30 minutes 30 minutes
Wake up Go to sleep
500 days lost to transport
• Travel experience?
• Is it an end in itself?
• Should we revaluate that experience?
• Should we find something to do with it?
What to do with that
time?
What to do with that
time?
Look at stoplights
Ա…
Look at grass
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Look at flowers
Look at people
Or just…nothing
How to improve that
experience?
How to improve that
experience?
• Reduce speeds
Technology
Policies
enforcement
How to improve the travel
experience (1)
Foto:ALLasFuentes
• Reduce distances
Land development and
transport planning
Mixed land use
Telework,
telecommuting, tele-
stuff
How to improve the travel
experience (2)
Approx
distance in
each travel
mode
3
k
m
• Shift modes
• Improve the
environment
How to improve the travel
experience (3)
Who will benefit?Who will benefit?
Who will benefit?
• The rich?
• The fast?
• The poor?
• The simple?
• Everyone?
• It remains a challenge…
NewYorkTimes
Carlos A Moreno – moreno@despacio.org
CarlosFelipe Pardo pardo@despacio.org
Despacio - www.despacio.org

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