Publication Date
10-2-2024
Abstract
Chile’s rate of road fatalities and pedestrian deaths has remained a global outlier, even as comparable states have reduced occurrences. Santiago, Chile’s capital and one of the most urbanized cities in Latin America, serves as a unique product of competing urban design ideologies put forth by democratic and authoritarian governments throughout the 20th century; and the social and economic stratification created has continued to present challenges for solving urban planning issues in modern Santiago. Recent adjustments in traffic laws have begun a reduction in road fatalities, but they still do not account for the discrepancy between Chile and other states. This is due to the failure to address the underlying problem of urban design solely shaped to create profit, which has ignored lower-income sectors of the population who rely heavily on walkability in urban areas.
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Maurer, Olivia
(2024)
"The Case Of Santiago De Chile: Pedestrian Deaths, Neo-Liberal Urbanism, And Insufficient Traffic Policy Reform,"
Venture: The University of Mississippi Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 6, Article 9.
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https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umurjournal/vol6/iss1/9
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