Modelo de movilidad no motorizada para ciudades de hasta 300.000 habitantes

Abstract

Motorized mobility becomes a problem for the city, because users seek their comfort and tranquility by acquiring their own means of transport, chaoticing vehicular traffic due to the excessive growth of the vehicle fleet. This triggers an endless list of problems that mainly affect the environment. This research seeks to provide a solution to the problem through a methodological proposal for the implementation of non-motorized mobility and reduce the emission of gases and polluting noise. The methodology that was applied in the present work was the search of bibliographical references, observation sheets, survey of road users, through a characterization of the mobility of the study area of an intermediate city, such as the Machala canton. To fulfill the objectives, a macroscopic simulation was also carried out. The criteria used for the implementation proposal based on the review of several authors are safety, comfort, attractiveness and directivity. The results obtained show us the need to promote active mobility, so the behavior of motorized vehicles was analyzed in the evaluation model, where gauging was carried out at strategic points in the city, with the result obtained in the simulation shows that a flow measurement of 1024 cyclists/day reduces the pollution produced by the emission of pollutants such as CO2, NoX, VOC, PM by 24%. The proposal is to implement a lane for cycling mobility in the streets June 25, Buenavista, Marcel Lanieado, Juan Palomino, Las Palmeras, among others, this will contribute to the sustainable development of an intermediate city as is the case of the city of Machala.