Estudo de impacto de tráfego: o caso do Hospital de Caridade e Beneficência de Cachoeira do Sul

Abstract

Trip generator centers can be defined as facilities of different natures that are responsible for activities development in a size and scale capable of exerting great attractiveness, generating for its area of influence a high number of trips that can cause several impacts on the road system and its surroundings. The study of enterprises in the health area as trip generator centres in Brazil has little data about it, however, it is known that these enterprises generate a significant amount of travel, which cause changes in land use and occupation. The hospitals location, in general, was made many decades ago, where there was no concern with urban planning aimed at the population’s mobility. The enterprises in the health area are fundamental for serving the entire population of a city and its region, causing significant impacts on its surroundings and on transport systems. Thus, when such enterprise is implanted or expanded, a Traffic Impact Study should be prepared to identify possible impacts and propose solutions to eliminate or minimize problems that may arise in the transportation system. Therefore, this work aims to identify the traffic impacts caused by the Caridade e Beneficência Hospital and its new annex, located at Cachoeira do Sul - RS, classified as trip generator center, and thus propose measures for improve the mobility both in the area of influence and in the surrounding road system.