ABSTRACT
The goals globally assumed related to social and environmental challenges, plus the COVID-19 pandemic, have pointed to the need of reducing private vehicle mobility and articulating proximity structures in cities. This task must not ignore the demand for mobility generated by the functional configuration of urban areas after the metropolitan expansion processes carried out in the recent decades. On the basis of mobility data, this work analyses the evolution of retail and leisure centralities in Madrid Urban Area between 1996 and 2018, and its effects on proximity, sustainable mobility modes, and socio-spatial segregation. The results show a remarkable transformation of the functional structure during this period, which is unfavorable to the objectives pursued. Compared to 1996, the centralities based on pedestrian mobility and proximity have lost relative weight and relevance, while new peripheral sections highly dependent on private vehicles have gained new centrality. © 2022, Universidad de Chile, Instituto de la Vivienda. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
Conditions imposed by COVID19 pandemic have revealed the weakness of a urban space of Madrid, that is optimized for the private motor traffic. It is analyzed the capacity of the urban framework to provide citizen needs on the closest scale, known as “15-Minute City”. The virus incidence data, mobility patterns, population density have been territorialized, including an analysis of the nearby space, surface of sidewalks and roads, per inhabitant. It shows a risk of the increase in previous inequalities, in an urban and territorial context segregated by income and functions. The results on the nearest scale allow us to observe the major role of the street and sidewalk space, which, along with public transport, will have to be redesigned to facilitate its use in safe conditions. © 2020, Ministerio de Fomento. All rights reserved.