Metodología para la evaluación del transporte público colectivo que permita una movilidad urbana sostenible para ciudades de hasta 300.000 habitantes.

Abstract

The lack of coverage of the public transport service, the excessive travel times, the non-compliance with the schedules by the public transport operators and the lack of information about the routes, cause discomfort in the users of the service, this affects mobility. urban and has become one of the main concerns for transit regulatory entities due to the impact that this has on the quality of life and the efficiency of users' trips, opting for other modalities generating little reliability in the use of transport and a greater dependence on private vehicles. That is why an evaluation is required to propose improvements in the service, for which an evaluation methodology for collective public transport was proposed that allows sustainable urban mobility for cities with up to 300,000 habitants. For the present methodology, the following indicators were proposed, the physical structure of transport, the hierarchy of routes, equipment, service capacity, bus stops, public transport coverage, travel time and frequency. With it, collective public transport was implemented in the case study in the city of Machala, where an assessment of 40% was obtained, which indicates that the current service is inadequate. With this it was concluded that collective public transport that allows sustainable urban mobility for cities of up to 300,000 habitants is achieved through the evaluation of the proposed indicators which analyze characteristics of public transport, reasons and duration of trips, infrastructure, among others to finally perform an assessment of the results in terms of sustainability and thus be able to generate proposals for improvements to the quality of the service.