Intermodality policy for metropolitan mobility Padre Las Casas-Temuco, southern Chile

Abstract

The paper proposes a policy that integrates electric mobility by commuter trains as the main mass instrument to solve the high congestion in commuting between the dormitory commune of Padre Las Casas on the south bank of the Cautín River and the center of Temuco, capital of the Araucania region. In the centralized Chilean policy, agreements with the State Railways Company (EFE) are required to achieve a periodic system and in turn the intergovernmental cooperation of the Regional Government, municipalities and sector ministries (Transport, Public Works, Environment and Housing) to achieve collaboration and resources for an integrated transportation system in one of the three metropolitan areas in southern Chile (along with Concepción and Puerto Montt-Puerto Varas). Citizen participation is also relevant throughout the process to generate a project that considers preferences and compromises the use of an efficient public transport network to contribute to the high pollution of Greater Temuco.