Diagnóstico e planejamento de rotas do transporte público coletivo em Palmeira das Missões- RS

Abstract

Public transport is an essential service for urban mobility, as it allows access to the basic needs of citizens needing to move around the city. This work aimed to study the aspects that influence the perception and use of public transport in the municipality of Palmeira das Missões, a small Brazilian city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul state. Based on data from a questionnaire on urban mobility and the origins and destinations of travel applied to the population, descriptive statistical techniques, factor analysis, origin-destination matrix and route mapping were applied using Stata and Arqgis software. The results revealed deficiencies related to the reliability and availability of public transport in the city and it was possible to identify that the most influential variables are safety against accidents, access to transport and general satisfaction. In this way, the results enabled directing efforts towards planning more effective investments that promote the attractiveness of public transport, suggesting improvements for stops infrastructure and the acquisition of new, more comfortable vehicles. In addition, analysis of the main origins and destinations of the people’s movements made it possible planning of possible routes and allocation of bus stops in order to improve access to transport and the attractiveness among the population.