Evaluación de los elementos geométricos del redondel al bananero mediante el uso de programas informáticos para determinar su funcionamiento y capacidad vehicular

Abstract

Traffic circles play a fundamental role nowadays, due to the excessive increase in the number of vehicles, there is a need to have intersections that help to speed up traffic. However, when you have to constantly stop or slow down due to the excessive amount of vehicles, it is known as vehicular congestion, a situation that is reflected in the Bananero traffic circle., so this study will focus on evaluating it through surveys that will allow us to know what are the attractors of its use by people, On the other hand, we will evaluate the number of vehicles entering the traffic circle by means of an average annual traffic (TPDA), which will allow us to know which days of the week the greatest number of vehicles circulate in it and to know the peak hours of the same. Finally, a survey will be conducted to obtain the measurements and lengths of its geometric elements in order to compare them with parameters established for Ecuadorian traffic circles, which was based on five different standards for traffic circle or roadway design. With all the processes it was concluded that the reasons for use by users, is based on the fact that it gives access to different parts of the city, however, most have experienced heavy traffic congestion, on the other hand, through the TPDA could be identified that the largest number of vehicles circulating in the traffic circle are given between weekdays from Monday to Friday, in hours of 7: 00-8:00 am and 17:00 pm and 18:00 pm and finally in the comparison of its geometric elements with the norm, it is determined that most of its parameters are within the established ranges, however it has a bad direction of entry by the island separated from Av. 25 de junio going to the center of Machala, since it needs to be widened 3.87m so that all lanes enter tangential to the traffic circle, this accompanied with its great vehicular congestion, is the cause of collisions between vehicles, or even in collisions with the central island. In summary, the geometric elements of the traffic circle meet most of the established parameters, however, there are shortcomings in certain parameters, which opens up a problem that can result in considerable vehicular congestion, therefore it is suggested that improving the entry capacity and addressing vehicular congestion are critical needs to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the al Bananero traffic circle