Abstract
Urban mobility improvement as part of smart city philosophy is an extreme importance issue in large urban centers, mainly for its influence over economic and social development. The main objective of this work is to develop a mobility study of automotive vehicles in Goiás Avenue, the main avenue of São Caetano do Sul, Brazilian city with the highest Human Development Index (HDI). Three alternative scenarios for traffic improvement were studied using an agent-based simulation model: Speed Reduction, Green Wave Implementation and a mixed scenario that combines these two approaches. The main results evaluated were average vehicle crossing time, average time spent in queues and total number of vehicles that leave the system during rush hours. It was concluded that, among the proposed scenarios, a mixed one should be implemented as it has favorable results in all of the studied performance indicators and maximizes the benefits generated by the other two scenarios. It is expected that the results of this study will serve to encourage further research in this area and give continuity to the idea of a digital city.
Highlights
Urban mobility, according to Kneib (2012) is the displacement capacity of people and goods in cities, whose intervening variables, are as complex as the variables that make up the city itself
The current situation will be called base scenario and its main results are: average vehicle crossing time, average waiting time in queue and total count of vehicles leaving the avenue after 4 hours. The results of this scenario, obtained after 30 simulation model replications are indicated in Table 2, from both flow directions: São Paulo-Santo André (SP-SA) and Santo André-São Paulo (SA-SP)
This study was focused on Goiás Avenue, one of the main roads in São Caetano do Sul, the city with the highest Human Development Index (HDI) in Brazil
Summary
Urban mobility, according to Kneib (2012) is the displacement capacity of people and goods in cities, whose intervening variables, are as complex as the variables that make up the city itself. The avenue is four kilometers long with six traffic lanes, three in each direction: São Paulo-Santo André and Santo André-São Paulo, besides connections with secondary routes. Costa (2013) states that the sustainability of urban mobility is given by the ability to make the necessary trips with the lowest possible energy expenditure and the lowest impact on the environment, as the realization of citizens’ rights. It was decided that the time period to be studied in this project would be the days of increased use of the route (Monday to Friday), from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm (rush hour)
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