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0 0.75 1.5 2.25 3 0.375 Kilometers Legend ! LRT Station LRT Line ! Metro Stations Metro Line 7 Metro Line 2 Public Transport Bike Path Walking Path LRT Service Area 500 800 1000 ´ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community Reactivation of inner city railway tracks for light rail systems in Mexican cities. A transport-urban analysis using the example of the “Río Hondo Corridor” in Greater Mexico City. Master’s Thesis Master‘s Thesis Jonathan Chávez Curiel Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ullrich Martin Second Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Friedrich Supervising Tutor: M.Sc. David Camacho Alcocer Handling Period 01 - 07 2018 Abstract The privatization of the railway system in Mexico led to the concession of its assets and infrastructure; however, several lines were abandoned due to low profitability. Many of these lines are located within consolidated urban areas. Recent studies have shown that some of them have the potential to enable the implementation of LRT systems that could improve the connectivity and mobility of people living around them. Nevertheless, the implementation of such systems would affect both urban and social structures. This research aims to analyze, the possible improvements needed in order to implement a LRT system in the “Río Hondo” corridor through the concept of the “applicability gap”. The Mexican Government is already working toward better urban development based on the TOD concept, and developing guidelines and standards for the railway sector. The success of such guidelines depends to a large extend on the coordination of all involved sectors, through a social perspective. If both urban and transport planning alone would not solve all social infrastructure problems in the country, internal social factors and system failures could be attended through active social participation and the so-called “state of exception”. E-2018/26 2.40 1.20 2.40 3.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 2.40 2.40 10.20 2.40 35.00 15.00 Street section proposals for the Río Hondo avenue (source: author, 2018) 1.80 0.30 2.40 3.00 3.00 9.00 3.00 3.00 2.40 0.30 1.80 30.00 Proposed location for stations with 500 m, 800 m and 1,000 m service area (source: author, 2018) 1.80 0.90 3.00 3.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 3.00 3.00 0.90 1.80 30.00 Photo: Jonathan Chávez Curiel

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Page 1: Legend - Uni Stuttgart · Master‘s Thesis Jonathan Chávez Curiel Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ullrich Martin Second Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Friedrich Supervising Tutor: M.Sc.

0 0.75 1.5 2.25 30.375

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Legend

! LRT Station

LRT Line

! Metro Stations

Metro Line 7

Metro Line 2

Public Transport

Bike Path

Walking Path

LRT Service Area

500

800

1000

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Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS,AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community

Reactivation of inner city railway tracks for light rail systems in Mexican cities.

A transport-urban analysis using the example of the “Río Hondo Corridor” in

Greater Mexico City.

Master’s Thesis

Master‘s Thesis Jonathan Chávez Curiel

Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ullrich Martin

Second Examiner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Friedrich

Supervising Tutor: M.Sc. David Camacho Alcocer

Handling Period 01 - 07 2018

Abstract

The privatization of the railway system in Mexico led to the concession of its assets and infrastructure; however, several lines were abandoned due to low profitability. Many of these lines are located within consolidated urban areas.

Recent studies have shown that some of them have the potential to enable the implementation of LRT systems that could improve the connectivity and mobility of people living around them. Nevertheless, the implementation of such systems would affect both urban and social structures. This research aims to analyze, the possible improvements needed in order to implement a LRT system in the “Río Hondo” corridor through the concept of the “applicability gap”.

The Mexican Government is already working toward better urban development based on the TOD concept, and developing guidelines and standards for the railway sector. The success of such guidelines depends to a large extend on the coordination of all involved sectors, through a social perspective. If both urban and transport planning alone would not solve all social infrastructure problems in the country, internal social factors and system failures could be attended through active social participation and the so-called “state of exception”.

E-2018/26

2.40 1.20 2.40 3.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 1.80 9.00 1.80 2.40 2.40 10.20 2.40

35.00 15.00

Street section proposals for the Río Hondo avenue (source: author, 2018)

1.80

0.30

2.403.003.009.003.003.002.40

0.30

1.80

30.00

Proposed location for stations with 500 m, 800 m and 1,000 m service area (source: author, 2018)

1.80