Applying TOD principles in the Bazurto market sector: Planning guidelines for the reconfiguration of the urban and mobility structure

Abstract

Cartagena de Indias nowadays presents a deterioration in the urban structure (physical structure) and vital structure (activity), which can be seen in a general panorama of the city and punctually in the Bazurto market sector, in response, the District Administration proposes as a solution to move the market. The objective of this Final Master's Thesis (TFM) is to identify the problems of deterioration and formulate guidelines for the urban strategic planning of the Bazurto market sector, through the application of the principles of Traffic-Oriented Development (DOT) and the strategies of the Mobility Management (TDM), in order to carry out a partial transfer of the Bazurto market, that is, to leave part of the market with an occupation directly proportional to the available space occupied by the original building inaugurated in 1978, and turn it into a sectorial and tourist retail market, articulated with new uses, public space and an interchange for the integrated multimodal public transport system.

Keywords: Market, TOD Principles, Urban structure, mobility.

Topic: Public space and urban project in the contemporary metropolis