Challenges for sustainable mobility: the development of mobility policies in the Mendoza Metropolitan Area, Argentina

This article deals with mobility planning and intervention initiatives carried out in the last decade in one of the intermediate cities of Argentina: the Mendoza Metropolitan Area. These initiatives are framed in the principles of sustainable mobility and try to solve the problems posed by intensive automobile mobility and the growth in extension of cities. Here we focus on the dissemination of models for the implementation of these initiatives, on the circulation of these models between different cities and on the actors involved. We dwell on the implementation of the so-called mass public transport systems, particularly on the Metrotranvia for the Mendoza Metropolitan Area. We develop a qualitative methodological strategy that combines various techniques and instruments for the construction and analysis of data from primary and secondary sources, such as documentary analysis, interviews, photography and field observation. In general, we observe that the application of these models does not guarantee the achievement of the objectives of sustainable mobility, for which we consider the active role of those who promote it to be essential for its application in various cities.