Estudo dos deslocamentos urbanos de Coari, Itacoatiara e Parintins e possíveis influências da topografia na divisão modal

Abstract

This research was subject to urban mobility in Amazonas countryside, in order to study the urban displacements and understand the similarities and differences of urban displacement and identify the influence of topography for the use of modal. For this three cities were chosen: Coari who has an uneven ground, Itacoatiara and Parintins that have flat land. As hypothesis left is the idea that in cities with more rugged topography the use of non-motorized modes must be smaller than in cities with a flatter topography. To obtain the results were performed two weeks‟ duration with field work in each city. During the field were recorded five modes: car; motorcycle; bike taxi; mode walking and bicycle, during the hours from 6 am to 12:30 am and 1:30 pm to 8 pm. The data demonstrate a greater use of motorcycles in all the surveyed cities. The car has a higher percentage of their use in the city from Monday to Friday in Itacoatiara and Parintins. The pedestrian mode showed no significant variation between cities, possibly due to the lack of infrastructure the sidewalks conditions are bad in most of the three cities. In the case of the bicycle was found less use in Coari and higher in Itacoatiara and Parintins. So what can be concluded is that the initial hypothesis of the project was confirmed in part. In addition to the topography, the economic factor and the domestic and foreign policy have changed the strategies of the population as regards the choice of modal for urban displacement.