Mobility is an important issue for all cities, big or small, since traffic and congestion are common urban problems everywhere. San José, the capital city of Costa Rica, is not an exception.

Different efforts have been made so far to address the growing mobility problem of the city, where people can spend more than 90 minutes to go through its 8.5 km length during rush hours. Most of these efforts are not enough and the city continues to be a hard-to-travel place. Thus, alternative solutions as light train, Tram, monorail, RTB or a Metro have been proposed to improve mobility in the future.

This presentation focuses on one of these proposed projects: an underground metro system. Considered as one of the most financial resources demanding solutions it is, at the same time, the most effective. The proposed solution comprises four lanes, developed in progressive stages for a total cost of US$4.7 billion for 48.4 km total length and approximately 17 years of continuous construction. The project is only at the preliminary stage and it is not an approved project, but a proposal from a group of the civil society to improve the quality of life of Costa Rican inhabitants. Private funding is seen as the only realistic means to develop such a project under a concession scheme.

Speaker: Marco Tapio, Civil Engineer, University of Costa Rica

Marco Tapia is a Civil Engineer from the University of Costa Rica, where he also obtained, with honours, a Master of Science Degree in Geotechnics. In addition, he obtained a Master’s degree in Tunnels and Tunnel Boring Machines at the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy.

Marco is a professor of the Master’s in Civil Engineering at the University of Costa Rica where he teaches the Underground Engineering course, as well as at the Costa Rican Institute of Technology where he teaches the Applied Geology course for the Construction Engineering degree. His experience is extensive in the design and constru

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