Persons with physical disabilities

There are 674,409 people living in the city of São Paulo with physical disabilities, according to a research based on the 2010 census. Read more

Old age comes to everyone

With birth rates falling and life expectancy increasing, there will soon be as many people below 15 as above 60. Read more

Half of the population is overweight

Overweight people in São Paulo were 38% in 2003, 42.3% in 2008, and 49.7% in 2015. Read more

Babies and toddlers

577,170 live births were registered in the city of São Paulo between January 2015 and December 2017, according to municipal administration. Read more

Free Wheels

This study joins data from different sources to identify accessibility resources in the districts of the city of São Paulo. Ten databases were combined to analyze:

  • bus lines;
  • subway and train stations;
  • reserved parking for elderly and people with disabilities;
  • relief and topography;
  • accessibility reviews of venues and landmarks.

Our goal is not to draw final conclusions, but to create a starting point for discussions. The model was put up from found resources, and it certainly presents several limiations. Therefore, other variables can and should be added to enrich the analysis.

How were the districts rated?

Accessible Buses

Mobility
Percentage of accessible vehicles for each bus line that crosses a district.

Subway and trains (CPTM)

Mobility
Average travel distance to subway and metropolitan train (CPTM) stations.

Parking spaces

Mobility
Number of street parking spaces reserved for persons above 60 or with physical disabilities.

Collaborative reviews

Venues
Average score of the district's reviewed venues by users of the Guiaderodas app.

Accessibility Seal

Venues
Venues with the Accessibility Seal, granted by the Municipality of São Paulo.

Relief

Topography
Ratio between plain and hilly areas within each district.

In total, ten databases were evaluated between January and February 2018, from the following sources: GeoSampa (Municipality of São Paulo), Olho Vivo (SPTrans - São Paulo City Transportation Bureau) and open data from Scipopulis and Guiaderodas.

More details are available in the paper (in English), in the Methodology page (in Portuguese), or at the source code repository.

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Ranking

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Team

Supervision

Prof. Dr. Fabio Kon - IME-USP

Dr. Antonio Deusany de Carvalho Junior - IME-USP

Execution

Support