Estudo das condições de deslocamento no município de Maringá-Pr com ênfase no transporte público de passageiros.

Abstract

Being a city with high-quality life standards, Maringá also has its difficulties, such as traffic and mobility that, in many aspects, becomes known as “urban mobility”. This study aims at finding possible causes for the aforementioned problems. Initially, a research for base concepts is conducted, concluding that traffic and mobility are both part of what is understood by urban mobility. In this approach, academic papers and books were gathered as a means to display current data and historical facts on the topic at hand. Additional information was also gathered from institutional websites, Google Maps and the city’s Department of Urban Planning. This paper observed a dispersed and disconnected growth, dependent on central areas, resulting from the disparity between the expansion of the city and its land management. Still, the public transport system requires for its users to go through the central regions of Maringá; therefore, the small incentive for the use of other modes of transportation aligned with the preference for automobiles overcharges the road system. Thus, this study demonstrates the need for a systemic planning on the expansion of the city, taking into consideration a better public transport system. Seeing that Maringá’s Master Plan is currently being revised, this is a timely opportunity for discussing the matter and all its implications.