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Investigating the Mobility Capabilities and Functionings in Accessing Schools Through Walking: A Quantitative Assessment of Public and Private Schools in São Paulo (Brazil)

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  • Mateus Humberto
  • Bruna Pizzol
  • Filipe Moura
  • Mariana Giannotti
  • Marcos Paulo de Lucca-Silveira

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Despite being recognised as an appropriate tool to address different dimensions of transport-related social exclusion, the Capability Approach still lacks application within the domain of school transportation. This study conceptualised the vectors of collective functionings and capabilities of preschools and nurseries in São Paulo. From the location of 204 schools, the conditions to access schools through walking were assessed using georeferenced datasets relating to mobility, road safety, and the built environment. The schools were analysed according to their conditions to walk (resources) and the corresponding conversion rates to achieve higher shares of pedestrian trips (functionings), considering the idiosyncrasies between public and private schools. That enabled the estimation of the mobility capabilities, which presented gaps when compared with the functionings. Results corroborated with the class and race disparities in the access to education in Brazil, in which schools with poorer conditions to walk do not have any other options than walking to go to school (e.g. transit or bicycle), requiring investments in the upgrading of the urban infrastructure. On the other hand, schools in wealthier regions present barriers to the fulfilment of active mobility even when the resources are considered sufficient, in which the implementation of educational programmes in recommended.

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  • Mateus Humberto & Bruna Pizzol & Filipe Moura & Mariana Giannotti & Marcos Paulo de Lucca-Silveira, 2020. "Investigating the Mobility Capabilities and Functionings in Accessing Schools Through Walking: A Quantitative Assessment of Public and Private Schools in São Paulo (Brazil)," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(2), pages 183-204, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:21:y:2020:i:2:p:183-204
    DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2020.1745163
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    1. Pizzol, Bruna & Giannotti, Mariana & Tomasiello, Diego Bogado, 2021. "Qualifying accessibility to education to investigate spatial equity," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    2. Daniel Orellana & Carla Hermida & Adriana Quezada & Jorge Andrade & Daniela Ballari, 2024. "Children’s Active Mobility to School: Evidence from Two Andean Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-23, March.
    3. Bittencourt, Tainá A. & Giannotti, Mariana, 2023. "Evaluating the accessibility and availability of public services to reduce inequalities in everyday mobility," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    4. Humberto, Mateus & Moura, Filipe & Giannotti, Mariana, 2021. "Can outdoor activities and inquiry sessions change the travel behavior of children and their caregivers? Empirical research in public preschools in São Paulo (Brazil)," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    5. Humberto, Mateus, 2023. "How to translate justice theory into urban transport metrics? Synchronic assessment of Latin American cities based on equality, priority and sufficiency," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    6. Pajares, Elias & Büttner, Benjamin & Jehle, Ulrike & Nichols, Aaron & Wulfhorst, Gebhard, 2021. "Accessibility by proximity: Addressing the lack of interactive accessibility instruments for active mobility," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).

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