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The construction of shopping centers in Latin America began in the 1970s and 1980s, later than in North America. The rate of construction of new major urban retail centers in South America has continued to accelerate in recent years, potentially shifting people’s travel behavior. Centro Mayor, Colombia’s largest shopping center, has a direct link with Bogotá´s world famous Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, the Transmilenio; Centro Mayor was opened in 2010, ten years after the new transportation system was built. Based on earlier research on shopping travel behavior, this study was designed to determine whether the connection to the Transmilenio promoted a shift to more transit use for shopping trips. However, data shows that the most significant travel shift observed was from other modes to walking. Despite this change in mode splits, cars still constitute a larger portion of the mall client mode share than they do of the general mode share across the city. This paper evaluates the changes observed in clients’ travel behavior for shopping purposes both before and after the construction of Centro Mayor in 2010. Additionally; it provides insight on possible impacts of large-scale retail developments in dense urban centers of developing countries of Latin America..

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Transportation in the Developing Countries.

01503729

14-4279

English

16p

2014

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Bus rapid transit; Developing countries; Modal split; Shopping centers; Shopping trips; Travel behavior

Bogota (Colombia)

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4279

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 27 2014 3:29PM