Análisis de capacidad y nivel de servicio de la vía Balosa (voluntad de dios-el eje vial e25) metodología hcm2000 ,2019

Abstract

Throughout history, contemporary researchers have proposed to analyze the communication channels that have been used for recreational purposes until commercial, evidencing their affectation with the development of the population. The present study details the process of analysis of the Balosa road, in the section comprised from the Voluntad de Dios Bridge to the intersection of the road axis (E25), in order to determine its capacity and level of service, applying the methodology proposed by the Highway Capacity Manual 2000; this route was chosen because it is one of the main ones that connects the city of Machala with the other cantons of the Province of El Oro, and in turn it presents a large amount of vehicular flow, which is a very important element to comply with The objective of the project. To execute the project, we start by obtaining real data acquired in the Balosa road (vehicle capacity, planimetry, visual inspection), thus allowing the reliability of the results to be demonstrated, where the importance of the inclusion of students from the civil engineering career at the Technical University of Machala to perform the relevant measurements in the field (via Balosa). The visual inspection is also an important point to be analyzed, giving a technical perception of the road, being a starting point to support some technical criteria that is expected to affect the mobilization of vehicles, since it has been observed the structural conditions of the road (visual inspection of the surface layer of the road, the bridges present in the studied section, fences, etc.), which showed that they do not have appropriate conditions for a priority circulation for our canton with the rest of the Province; thus affecting the productive sector, since this way is destined for the mobilization of products for internal use and for export. Road safety is also a point at which not only the obtaining of field data was based, but also the clear perception of the results obtained in which two vehicles interact (tracking), in the solitary circulation (free flow velocity). in turn in interaction with pedestrians which do not enjoy a sidewalk for free and safe circulation; which has been emphasized in this study. All this process has been done in order to categorize the way in an international methodology, which allows having an important starting point to perform geometric studies, traffic, road signs, health, urban planning, etc. Understanding the importance that as a researcher is to provide clear and reliable data, able to encourage critical thinking and question the clear need for an appropriate design of the Balosa road, a correct road signs, a good treatment of pedestrian traffic, sustainable transport ( bicycles, tricycles, and other vehicles that do not have a combustion engine), and delimitation of the factory line for homes and properties that are close to the road under study.