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Urban Mobility and Climate Change Mitigation: Local Actions Within the Monterrey Metropolitan Area Before and After COVID-19

Castro-Sánchez, Laura E.; Delgado Ramos, Gian C.

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments and communities to develop social distancing measures. Urban mobility, as a means of accessing goods and services, abruptly changed in response to confinement measures. Such a scenario led to strengthening connectivity schemes for remote work in non-essential activities, to improve active mobility infrastructures, and to reduce capacity in public transport, all of which transformed life in public spaces. We analyze local daily mobility actions that were implemented before and during the pandemic in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area – ZMM, the second largest metropolitan area in Mexico. Specifically, mobility actions and projects carried out before and after 2020 are scrutinized, as well as how they impacted previously set urban sustainability and climate goals. In addition, key notions are outlined for achieving accessibility through planning vis-à-
vis prevailing solutions and urban governance of mobility.

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Urban transport systems, urban mobility, active mobility, COVID-19, urban sustainability