UC Service Learning, Yearbook 2020

School of Engineering

Planning Sustainable Transport, Citizenship and City Course Level : Fifth year, sixth year and postgraduate

Service Learning 2020 Projects UC Service Learning Yearbook 2020

Reflectionstrategy (s) used: Thewholeprocess depends on meetings and activities for individual and collective reflection, reinforced by a Peer Feedback system, developed by Javier Peñafiel, tested and permanently used in the course. It consists of three sessions, one per month, where students learn to express themselves and listen to themselves in relation to the assignment and fulfillment of tasks, and other related topics. Assessment strategy (s) used: Case study, Essay, Oral presentation, Role play, interactive activities in classes and LabVivo workshops and others during and outside class hours. participatory design improvement of eco-systemic public spaces in two neighborhoods of Padre Las Casas; elaboration of a proposal, validated with neighbors and the Municipality of Renca, for the improvement of unsafe places that are in the environment of bus stops, bicycle lanes and highways; development of a campaign to achieve recognition of bicycles, public bicycles, bike- taxis and load carrying bikes as part of public transport; assessment of the sustainability of metro future line 7 evaluating cost and benefits.

Teaching Staff:

-Teachers: Lake Sagaris. -Assistants: Romina Orellana and Caterin Pinto.

CommunityPartners: AlianzaBellavista, JuntadeVecinos 13 Mario Baeza Barrio Bellavista, Colectivo Muévete, Laboratory of Social Change, CEDEUS, Metropolitan Public Transport Directory (DTPM), Department of Social Inclusion of the Municipality of Macul, Centro Tecnológico Territorio Mayor Padre Las Casas, Municipality of Renca and Comunidad Parque Forestal. Project description: The students were divided into 11 projects groups to study interactively the themes related to walkability, co-inclusion, or public transport in order to improve living conditions and equity in a territory or commune.

Attended needs: Propose a series of street rehabilitation measures for walking, cycling, and other outdoor activities; comprehensive proposal to reduce vehicular traffic, two-way bicycle lanes and thus eliminate conflicts on sidewalks of the Barrio Bellavista; assess and report the equitability of means of transportation in various Chilean cities; integration of the perspective of the same drivers of Public Transport to reduce damages and effects in delimitations of exclusive bus lanes; study and prepare a proposal for changes and improvements to achieve a more equitable transportation, from the perspective of gender and work in public transportation; accessibility assessment of exclusive bus lane delimitations faced by people with disabilities or reduced mobility in their experience of displacement in the city, particularly towards public services andmunicipal buildings inMacul;

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