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Ticket barriers

Ticket barriers address the sympoms rather than the root cause of poverty in Bogota, while also exclusing people with diverse body types from entering public spaces

Ticket barriers fail to address systemic problems in public transport and offer a band aid solution to the issue while hindering access to people with disabilities or diverse body types. Fare evasion, in Bogota at least, is a symptom of a systematic problem of inequality in addition to a public transport system that is precarious.

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Colombia

Keywords:

Exclusion by Design, Systemic Issues, Access, Public Space

Submitted on

February 8, 2024

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