Estudio técnico del servicio de transporte público intracantonal para el cantón Colta, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The research “Technical study of necessity of the service of intra-cantonal public transport for the canton Colta, province of Chimborazo,” has as objective to determine the necessity of integral of the service of intra-cantonal public transport and the sufficient parameters for its implementation. The investigation starts from the analysis of the current situation, by means of the origin-destination survey applied with a sample to the population of the canton Colta, the necessary information was collected on: areas that generate and attract the trips, reason for travel, means of transport used, time and time of travel, days that travel and frequency of trips. This information was collected in 6 days (Monday-Saturday) from 07:30 to 17:30. Once analyzed the information was determined that there is a demand of 1000 pax / h in the hour of maximum demand (HMD) that require attention. Subsequently, with the sizing of the vehicle fleet, the number of transport units needed to service the service, structure of the route interval and operational speed to cover the unmet transport demand is defined. For this, it was based on the methodology presented by the ANT for the dimensioning of public transport. It was concluded that there is no intracantonal public transport service and 15 transport units are needed distributed in 3 routes to satisfy unmet demand. It is suggested to the UTCTTTSV of the canton Colta to consider this research as a reliable source for decision making, in addition, to carry out a permanent control to reduce the use of informal transport.