Modelo de planificación del transporte público urbano colectivo que permita mejorar la accesibilidad del usuario en la ciudad de Machala del cantón Machala, Provincia de El Oro

Abstract

The context of the research focuses on the planning of collective urban transport in the City of Machala, to improve user accessibility. The problem revolves around the delay in travel times, increased use of private vehicles, complications in user accessibility, coverage of bus routes, among others, that result in the dissatisfaction of users of collective urban transport. The objective of the research is to evaluate and recommend a planning model for collective urban transport that allows to improve user accessibility in the City of Machala. The research interest is focused on the implications in relation between urban space and transport infrastructure and their intertwined meanings such as roads, accessibility, mobility and connectivity. From the point of view of the analysis of each one of the indicators of a correct planning of the collective urban public transport, through the use of mathematical formulas and with the application of research tools, surveys and interviews, the spatial organization will be validated from the connectivity that relates in to the road structure that the urban area has; while accessibility would express the ease of traveling to each spatial unit. The research will determine an analysis of the spatial organization of the urban area and a proposal for planning the accessibility and connectivity of collective urban transport in order to serve as a tool for analyzing mobility in the parishes and neighborhoods of the urban area