Access to education promoting sustainable mobility in cities

ABSTRACT

It is through education that the human being develops, leaves the state of alienation, and becomes capable of self-reflection. Despite being a right guaranteed by the Brazilian 1988 Constitution, accessibility to education still faces great challenges. Therefore, it is the object of study of this article, which relied on data from the Sustainable Development Index of Cities (IDSC-BR), focusing on Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education, in association with the Access to Opportunities Project, focused on access on foot, emphasizing the Early Childhood, Elementary and High School service in 15 Brazilian capitals. Thus, this research shows that inequality of access, according to income and color/race, was higher in Belém, Campo Grande and Porto Alegre. The capital Belém presented the worst indexes in the analysis.

Keywords:
Active Mode of Transport; Pedestrian; Accessibility; Access Opportunities