Urban Transformations and Health: the Case of TransMiCable in Bogotá
NCT ID: NCT03741582
Last Updated: 2024-12-09
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
2052 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2018-02-15
2025-06-01
Brief Summary
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The investigators are conducting a controlled quasi-experimental pre-post study with six elements: 1) The co-construction of a conceptual framework using a causal loop diagram with stakeholders of multiple sectors. 2) A (non-intervention - intervention) quantitative study of social capital, community participation, travel time, costs, demand, modal choice, physical activity and health-related quality of life using repeated in-person questionnaire, anthropometric measurements and physical activity using accelerometers. 3) A transport trajectory study in a subsample of the population of the quantitative study using a mobile application to track journeys. 4) A subsample of environment evaluations 5) Our Voice in the Neighborhood qualitative study to address the potential change in perceptions of the neighborhood using Citizen Science "by the people" involving the community and local public and private stakeholders and 6) A Secondary-data analysis of Crime and Respiratory diseases using time trends from official surveillance systems for homicides and acute respiratory diseases.
The investigators' main hypothesis are 1) There is an increase in the Social Capital and Quality of life indicators in the TransMicable target area after the implementation when compared to other neighborhoods without TransMiCable. 2) There is a significant decrease in travel time and cost for trips to downtown Bogota and an increase in the total number of trips for residents of "Ciudad Bolivar" neighborhoods with TransMiCable, after the implementation of TransMiCable when compared to other neighborhoods without TransMiCable in the locality of "San Cristobal". 3) There is a significant shift in modal choice for the resident of "Ciudad Bolivar" from informal transport service to the TransMiCable system with a positive association in terms of proximity to TransMiCable stations. 4) Most TransMiCable users are former informal bus transit and formal bus feeder users. While most users will access TransMiCable by walking, some living further from stations will take informal transport services to access to TransMiCable. 5) There is a reduction in the microenvironment pollution around the target area of TransMiCable when compared to the control area. 6) There is a change in the perception of the neighborhood for residents of the target area of TransMiCable when compared to the control area. 7) There is a significant decrease in the prevalence of homicides and acute respiratory diseases in the area of the TransMiCable implementation in comparison to the control area without TransMiCable. The results of this study will allow us to understand baseline dynamics, while, in the long-term, allowing us to assess the changes in travel and health behaviors.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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OTHER
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Control - San Cristobal
1021 individuals located in an area with no access to the intervention (TransMicable). The control area was defined by a 800-meter buffer around each projected station of the car, "San Cristobal" was an area with a projected but non financed Cable Car.
No interventions assigned to this group
Intervention - Ciudad Bolviar
1031 individuals who live in the area of influence of TransMiCable. The area of influence of TransMiCable was defined by a 800-meter radial buffer around each station of the cable car.
TransMiCable
TransMiCable will have one service line 3.43 km-long with four stations ("El Tunal" , "Juan Pablo II" , "Manitas" , and "Paraiso", see highlighted stops in Figure 2). "El Tunal" is the station that connects to the city's bus rapid transit system. The planned capacity of TransMiCable is 3,600 persons per hour in 163 cabins or gondolas. Each cabin fits ten passengers, with space for wheelchairs and bicycles and will be equipped with free Wi-Fi. The expected travel time reductions from each station to portal "El Tunal", through the shortest pathway, are: 26 minutes saved from "Juan Pablo II" station-from 32 to 6 minutes; 31 minutes saved from "Manitas" station-from 38 to 7 minutes and 49 minutes saved from "Paraiso" station-from 62 to 13 minutes 22. In conjunction with TransMiCable, urban projects will be implemented including the construction of parks, outdoor gyms, sport courts, community centers for children and older adults, a market, an administrative, and a tourism offices.
Interventions
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TransMiCable
TransMiCable will have one service line 3.43 km-long with four stations ("El Tunal" , "Juan Pablo II" , "Manitas" , and "Paraiso", see highlighted stops in Figure 2). "El Tunal" is the station that connects to the city's bus rapid transit system. The planned capacity of TransMiCable is 3,600 persons per hour in 163 cabins or gondolas. Each cabin fits ten passengers, with space for wheelchairs and bicycles and will be equipped with free Wi-Fi. The expected travel time reductions from each station to portal "El Tunal", through the shortest pathway, are: 26 minutes saved from "Juan Pablo II" station-from 32 to 6 minutes; 31 minutes saved from "Manitas" station-from 38 to 7 minutes and 49 minutes saved from "Paraiso" station-from 62 to 13 minutes 22. In conjunction with TransMiCable, urban projects will be implemented including the construction of parks, outdoor gyms, sport courts, community centers for children and older adults, a market, an administrative, and a tourism offices.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Has lived over the past 2 years in the study area
* Would not move from the study area in the next 2 years
* Has not any kind of cognitive problem
Exclusion Criteria
* Has not lived over the past 2 years in the study area
* Has plans to move from the study area in the next 2 years
* Has any kind of cognitive problem
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Wellcome Trust
OTHER
Drexel University
OTHER
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota
OTHER
University of Los Andes, Columbia
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Olga Lucia Sarmiento
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Olga L Sarmiento
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Locations
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Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Bogota D.C., Colombia
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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806-2017
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id