We are a participatory intersectoral research project aiming to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by addressing equity in accessibility (travel times) to essential health services.
In many metropolitan areas, traffic congestion significantly increases travel times to essential services—particularly healthcare—creating structural barriers that exacerbate inequities and hinder progress toward the SDGs. However, urban and health service planning rarely considers these impacts, mainly due to a lack of actionable, equity-focused metrics that consider traffic congestion.
The AMORE Project addresses this gap by engaging civil society, public officials, and scientists in co-designing and testing an interactive, web-based tool that integrates open and big data to assess the impact of traffic on accessibility to emergency care and ongoing treatments for high-cost diseases. The platform presents findings through heat maps and intuitive visuals to foster intersectoral dialogue, community engagement, and evidence-based decision-making. Collaborators have shared the results with stakeholders and the public.
Proof-of-concept testing in Cali, Colombia, revealed that traffic congestion disproportionately impacts low-income and marginalized communities and that strategically placing services can significantly improve equity. The project has already influenced public policy and urban planning in Cali.
Together with our partners, we strive to implement metrics sensitive to traffic congestion and equity and to adapt, replicate, and scale this approach in other highly congested urban areas.
Company Details
- Employees
- 8
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Cali, Valle Del Cauca, Co
- Industry
- Community Development And Urban Planning
- NAICS
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Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development
- Keywords
- Urban Health, Health Equity, Sustainable Development Goals, Intersectoral, Accessibility, Dynamic spatial-temporal accessibility measurements, Health services planning, Land use, Health services research, Person-centred, Data science, Innovation for health, Evidence-informed policymaking, Healthy cities, Traffic congestion, Scientific communication, Participatory action research, Implementation science, Healthcare Quality, Public data.
- HQ
- Cali, Valle del Cauca
- Competitors
- OncoDaily, BLH Technologies, Inc., The Foothill Catalog Foundation, Amore Group, Global Emergency Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction (GER3), IQuartil, SoCalNOMA - Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects, Pan American Health Organization, ProPacífico, Cali Cómo Vamos.
Amore Project Questions
Amore Project's website is https://padlet.com/Proyecto_AMORE_Project
Amore Project's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-amore-project-collaborative-group-proyecto-amore
Amore Project has
8 employees.
View email and phone details for 8
employees at Amore Project.
Amore Project's industry is
Community Development and Urban Planning
Amore Project's top competitors are
Oncodaily,
Blh Technologies, Inc.,
The Foothill Catalog Foundation,
Amore Group,
Global Emergency Relief, Recovery And Reconstruction (Ger3),
Iquartil,
Socalnoma - Southern California Chapter Of The National Organization Of Minority Architects,
Pan American Health Organization,
Propacífico,
Cali Cómo Vamos.
Amore Project's categories are Community Development and Urban Planning
Amore Project's founding year is 2020
