Venn - uma plataforma de transporte coletivo por demanda: implementação do aplicativo para o usuário.

Abstract

According to the IBGE-Brazil survey, the number of application drivers, taxi drivers, bus drivers and bus changers increased by 29.2 % in 2018 and reached 3.6 million. This indicates that the number of people operating in these positions has 810 thousand compared to 2017. The increasing in these numbers also shows the increasing in the number of vehicles in circulation. The excess of vehicles circulating on the streets causes delays, traffic jams and increases pollution. Measures are needed to improve urban mobility and people’s quality of life. With the focus on improving mobilily, this project proposes the development of a shared urban public transport system, called Venn. Venn’s service is offered by vans that take dynamic routes. Users request thei journeys through a mobile application, informing stating time, origin and destination, and the Venn system calculates routes based on available vehicles. In contrast to the service offered by private vehicles, the use of vans on Venn increases the capacity of the number of people that can be transported by vehicles. In the scope of this work, the focus is on the development of the mobile application for Venn users, which is validated by prototyping. Thus, the Venn system, when fully implemented, can help reduce the need to keep countless vehicles running without passengers, working with inefficient schedules and stops. As expected results, we seek to collaborate in reducing the number of vehicles on the road as well as to contribute to reduce traffic jams.