Investigação de potenciais medidas para atenuar os problemas associados ao sistema de transporte público de Cachoeira do Sul

Abstract

The present work addresses the theme of public collective bus transportation in the city of Cachoeira do Sul, aiming to identify measures to mitigate the problems identified by different stakeholders and improve the quality of the urban public transportation system. The identification of system-problems includes the use of specific methodologies that align different types of approaches, providing a response that takes into account all involved parties, in order to encompass diverse narratives that can direct the most identified problems in the overall public collective transportation system. Experts in the public transportation field were also consulted, contributing to determining different possible future scenarios for the system, providing a reliable basis for the proposal of measures. Based on the information highlighted by system actors and experts in the field, the best alternatives to attenuate the identified problems were evaluated. In the end, a relationship between problems and measures was delivered, which the municipality or the service-operating company can implement in the system to improve it, ensuring that the population has access to transportation with quality, efficiency, sustainability, and accessibility, and that the improvements invested in the system reflect significant changes in the lives of users.