Estudio de factibilidad para la implementación del sistema de foto radares en el cantón Santo Domingo

Abstract

The objective of this study is to design a feasibility study to reduce the number of traffic accidents through the implementation of a photo radar system in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas canton, through the information obtained in the application of observation and through the data provided by Empresa Pública Municipal de Transporte Terrestre, Tránsito, Seguridad vial y Terminales terrestres from Santo Domingo city, a matrix of the road accidents that occurred in the canton from January 1 to January 30. November 2020 was obtained. For its respective analysis and interpretation, it was necessary to prepare a tool that interacts with the results and achieves possible combinations for making decisions so the statistical package of R called Shiny was chosen which allowed analyzing the strategic points where the photo radar should be placed considering the number of deceased, injured and road conditions. Through the application of data collection such as the interview, information was obtained from Eng. Edison Barahona, Traffic Analyst 3 of the Municipal Transportation Company of the canton who knew that the institution would have the capacity to implement photo radars according to the Company budget, for which 6 areas with the highest rate of road accidents were identified Av. Abraham Calazacon And Av. Chone, Av. May 29 and Tsáchila Av. Chone and Pedro Av. Vicente Maldonado, Av. Esmeraldas and Calle Guayaquil, Av. Jacinto Cortez and Los Quinches, and Av. Quevedo And Av. Puerto Ila. When conducting the financial study, a positive NPV of $ 955,567.41, an IRR of 22.22%, a cost-benefit of 2.60, and a recovery period of the investment of 2 years 5 months 20 days which indicates that the project is profitable.