From pardo at despacio.org Tue Feb 28 10:46:14 2017 From: pardo at despacio.org (Carlosfelipe Pardo) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:46:14 -0500 Subject: [sustran] Access: transforming travel planners Message-ID: Typical travel planners provide a great service to users: they indicate what travel mode they should take if they indicate where they need to go. But they could go beyond that and provide a better service by providing access rather than transport. We have learned that transport by itself is not an entirely useful activity. It is most relevant when it is linked to the purpose of providing access. In that sense, many journeys could - at least in principle- be replaced by non-travel activities and anyway provide access to the same needs. If I need to work I can do it from home by teleworking, if I need a pencil I can order it online and if I want to learn something I can go to an online course. The specifics of each option vary from the "traveling" option, but in essence they serve the original purpose. We could use this knowledge to help people by transforming the way travel planners work... (continues here: http://despacio.org/en/2017/02/27/access-transforming-travel-planners/) -- Carlosfelipe Pardo | Director Ejecutivo | despacio pardo@despacio.org Tel: (+571) 2484420 / Cel (+573) 21 343 3727 despacio.org