Transporte urbano sob demanda: um estudo de atratividade na cidade de Nanuque-MG

Abstract

Urban transportation increasingly consumes more time, more energy, occupies more space and also consumes more financial resources in the Brazilian national scenario. The presentation of new ideas and proposals on urban transport aims to improve mobility, as the bus is increasingly being affected by the increase in individual transport, increasing the flow of vehicles in large and small urban centers. Thus, mobility is affected, whether it is made by private vehicles, urban transport, collective, delivery, among others. And all this implies, directly, slow traffic, accidents, pollution, and urban inequalities. Therefore, this project aims at the quality of public transportation, the choice of solutions and innovation in operations, in order to meet the demand, improving the quality and mobility as a whole, impacting directly on the quality of life of the population. The public transportation technology adopted represents an especially important variable, given the variety of existing technological and operational solutions to meet the same demand. Therefore, innovation can change the concept of mobility and urban transport, in terms of issues related to infrastructure, generating greater comfort, thus increasing the number of people using urban transport, reducing the number of cars, and improving mobility in cities. Unlike traditional transportation systems, in which timetables are fixed, routes are preestablished and work regardless of whether there are passengers or not, transportation on demand is an innovative system, based on reactive demand. In other words, in this method, the user requests transportation according to his/her needs, through a digital platform, informing his/her location and destination, just as it is done with app-based transportation. What changes is that the passenger travels in vans, buses or minibuses. In other words, it could be called a new Uber system (Uber of the bus). There is no shortage of reasons for people in Brazilian cities to look for solutions regarding urban mobility, as the number of people increases every day, with the matrix centered on the car, and an increasingly precarious infrastructure. Therefore, a transport on demand, accessible, efficient, and that guarantees the generation of results for the operating companies is a solution. The specific objectives for the study were: to investigate the feasibility for new businesses; to highlight the research methodology; to raise information analysis; to develop a solution proposal (urban transportation on demand).