Fragmenting urbanism and university in the periphery Daily mobility of university students

Abstract

This article analyses the case of the university academic unit located on the outskirts of Tijuana. The theoretical review includes an approach to the comprehensive sustainable urban development strategy, fragmenting urbanism and the implications for urban mobility. The proposed research objectives are: i) to characterise the trip to and from the university, differentiating private motorised means and mass transport, and ii) to know the perception, changes in habits and satisfaction according to modes of travel, using the survey as a technique of information collection. The results show the impacts of mobility on quality and time, as well as the emergence of new habits in students whose interest in the motorised prevails: these favour motoring and the consequent environmental impact due to carbon emissions. Given the impossibility of promoting walking due to the condition of the peri-urban space, potentially viable strategies can arise through the search for the efficiency of the modal transfer in the public transport system itself, in addition to the integration of technological tools to formalise a raite program. This would allow university students to optimise their trip and favour their participation in the labour market.